English-Thai Dictionary

century

N 100 ดอล ล่า ร์ (คำ สแลง  100 don-la

 

century

N จำนวน หนึ่ง ร้อย  jam-nuan-nueng-roi

 

century

N ศตวรรษ  centenary 100 years era sad-ta-wad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CENTURY

n. 1. In a general sense, a hundred; any thing consisting of a hundred parts.
2. A division of the Roman people for the purpose of electing magistrates and enacting laws, the people voting by centuries; also, a company consisting of a hundred men.
3. A period of a hundred years. This is the most common signification of the word; and as we begin our modern computation of time from the incarnation of Christ, the word is generally applied to some term of a hundred years subsequent to that event; as the fist or second century, or the tenth century. If we intend to apply the word to a different era, we use an explanatory adjunct; as the third century before the Christian era, or after the reign of Cyrus.
4. The Centuries of Magdeburg, a title given to an ecclesiastical history, arranged in 13 centuries, compiled by a great number of Protestants at Magdeburg.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CENTURY

Cen "tu *ry, n.; pl. Centuries. Etym: [L. centuria (in senses 1 & 3 ),fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See Cent. ]

 

1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic. ] And on it said a century of prayers. Shak.

 

2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago.

 

Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive years (as, a century of temperance work ), usually signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting of a period of one hundred years ending with the hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first century (a. d. 1-1 inclusive ); the seventh century (a.d. 6 1-7 ); the eighteenth century (a.d. 17 1-18 ). With words or phrases connecting it with some other system of chronology it is used of similar division of those eras; as, the first century of Rome (A.U.C. 1-1 ).

 

3. (Rom. Antiq.) (a ) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers. (b ) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion. Century plant (Bot. ), the Agave Americana, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; - - hence the name. See Agave. -- The Magdeburg Centuries, an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

century

cen tu ry |ˈsenCH (ə )rē ˈsɛntʃ (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. centuries ) 1 a period of one hundred years: a century ago most people walked to work. • a period of one hundred years reckoned from the traditional date of the birth of Jesus Christ: the fifteenth century | [ as modifier, in combination ] (-century ) : a twentieth-century lifestyle. 2 a company in the ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred men. • an ancient Roman political division for voting. 3 a bicycle race of one hundred miles: [ as modifier ] : the nation's largest single-day century ride. • a score of one hundred in a sporting event, such as a cricket match. DERIVATIVES cen tu ri al |senˈt (y )o͝orēəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2 ): from Latin centuria, from centum ‘hundred. ’ Sense 1 dates from the early 17th cent. usage: 1 In contemporary use, a century is popularly calculated as beginning in a year that ends with ‘00,’ whereas the traditional system designates the ‘00 ’ year as the final year of a century. This discrepancy was particularly apparent on January 1, 2000, which was commercially celebrated worldwide as the first day of the 21st century, even though January 1, 2001, was regarded as the more proper date for this milestone. 2 Since the 1st century ran from the year 1 to the year 100, the ordinal number (i.e., second, third, fourth, etc. ) used to denote the century will always be one digit higher than the corresponding cardinal digit (s ). Thus, 1492 is a date in the 15th century, 1776 is in the 18th century, and so on.

 

century plant

cen tu ry plant ▶noun a stemless agave with long spiny leaves, which produces a tall flowering stem after many years of growth and then dies. Also called American aloe. [Agave americana, family Agavaceae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

century

cen |tury |ˈsɛntʃʊri | ▶noun ( pl. centuries ) 1 a period of one hundred years: a century ago most people walked to work. • a period of a hundred years reckoned from the traditional date of the birth of Christ: the fifteenth century | [ as modifier ] : a twentieth-century lifestyle. 2 a score of a hundred in a sporting event, especially a batsman's score of a hundred runs in cricket. 3 a company in the ancient Roman army, originally of a hundred men. • an ancient Roman political division for voting. DERIVATIVES centurial |sɛnˈtjʊərɪəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English (in sense 3 ): from Latin centuria, from centum ‘hundred ’. Sense 1 dates from the early 17th cent. usage: 1 Strictly speaking, centuries run from 01 to 100, meaning that the new century begins on the first day of the year 01 (i.e. 1 January 1901, 1 January 2001, etc. ). In practice and in popular perception, however, the new century is held to begin when the significant digits in the date change, e.g. on 1 January 2000, when 1999 became 2000. 2 Since the 1st century ran from the year 1 to the year 100, the ordinal number (i.e. second, third, fourth, etc. ) used to denote the century will always be one digit higher than the corresponding cardinal digit (s ). Thus, 1066 is a date in the 11th century, 1542 is a date in the 16th century, and so on.

 

century plant

cen |tury plant ▶noun a large stemless agave with long spiny leaves, which produces a very tall flowering stem after many years of growth and then dies. Also called American aloe. ●Agave americana, family Agavaceae.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

century

cen tu ry /sén (t )ʃ (ə )ri /〖cent (100 )ury (一組 )〗名詞 複 -ries /-z /C 1 〖序数 ＋～〗…世紀 (｟略 ｠c., cent. ) (!(1 )しばしばtheを伴い, 序数の単語と共に大文字になることもある. (2 ) ｟コーパス ｠this, next, lastなど一部の修飾語を伴って副詞的に用いられることがあるが, week, month, yearなどと違って限定詞と共に何らかの 前置詞 を伴う方が普通 ) ▸ The 21st [twenty-first ] century starts from January 1st, 2001 .21世紀は2001年の元日から始まる ▸ (in ) this [during this ] century 今世紀に [中に ]▸ early this century ≒in the early part [years ] of this century 今世紀の初期に ▸ in [into, until ] the next century 来世紀に [まで ] (!intoは 「(深く )…まで 」という時間の推移を, untilでは 「…まで 」という継続の終点を表す ) ▸ at the beginning [end ] of this century 今世紀の初め [終わり ]に (!in the middle of this century (今世紀の中ごろに )の場合は 前置詞 がinとなることに注意 ) ▸ at the turn of the century 世紀の変わり目に ▸ during the last century 前世紀に ▸ over the centuries 何世紀にも渡って ▸ a 19th century [19th -century ] masterpiece 19世紀の傑作 2 (任意の )100年間 ▸ in the next [past, last ] half century 今後 [過去 ]50年間に ▸ for the first time in [in half, in a quarter of ] a century 100 [50, 25 ]年間で初めて ▸ for (many ) centuries 何百年もの間 ▸ during the past century ここ100年間に ▸ four centuries ago 400年前 3 ｟英 ｠〘スポーツ 〙(クリケットの )100点 〘1人の選手が1イニングで得点する 〙.4 (古代ローマ歩兵の )百人隊 ; (古代ローマの )百人組 〘百人で1投票権を持つ組 〙.