معنی کلمه Century

the twentieth century started in 1900

قرن بیستم از سال 1900 آغاز شد.

a period of 100 years:
The city centre has scarcely changed in over a century.
This sculpture must be centuries old.
Her medical career spanned half a century.
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millennium
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a period of 100 years counted from what is believed to be the year of the birth of Jesus Christ:
Rome was founded in the eighth century BC (= before Christ).
He's an expert on 15th-century Italian art.
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a score of 100 runs in cricket
the turn of the century
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the time when one century ends and another begins:
The museum reopened at the turn of the century.

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Life in the 19th century was very different from what it is now.
Peru was colonized by the Spanish in the 16th century.
She was probably the most highly educated prime minister of this century.
For centuries, Native Americans traded with European settlers.
For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events.

Believe it or not, I studied 18th century. French poetry.

After a century , electricity was still being generated .

He was born in Ireland in the eighteenth century .

As for time ; it could have been a year or a century ago .

A century later , machines entered the scene .

After a century, electricity was still being generated.

He was born in Ireland in the eighteenth century.

A century later, machines entered the scene.

As for time; it could have been a year or a century ago.