centurycen‧tu‧ry /ˈsentʃəri/ ●●● S2 W1 noun (plural centuries) [countable] 
The church was built in the 13th century.the next/last century by the beginning of the next century the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century)2a period of 100 years: many centuries ago3100 runs scored by one cricket player in an inningsCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesthe 18th/19th/20th/21st etc century· The movie is set in the 18th century.the early/mid/late 18th etc century· the industrial towns of the early 19th centurythe last/next century· The boats were built in the last century.the present century· The present century has seen the start of international terrorism.phrasesthe beginning of the century· Coco Chanel was born in France at the beginning of the century.the turn of the century (=the time when one century ends and another begins)· The town was expanding at the turn of the century.the end/close of the century· He was writing his books towards the end of the 19th century.the first/second half of the century· In the second half of the century, people's wages began to rise.18th-/19th- etc century art/music/literature· Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture.a16th-/19th- etc century house/church etc· They live in a 17th-century farmhouse.verbsdate from the 18th etc century (=it was started, built etc in the 18th etc century)· The present church dates from the 13th century.
WORD ORIGINcentury
Origin:
1300-1400 Latin centuria, from centum; ➔ CENTEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- It was the worst air disaster this century.
- Naismith invented basketball over a century ago.
- But when I played Paul he made three successive century breaks.
- During the period of the Tudor monarchs in the sixteenth century, Parliament acquired enhanced status.
- It's been women-only for more than a century.
- It is, he says, a place for the civic interaction of the 21st century.
- Should we be optimistic or pessimistic about the prospects for democracy in the electronic republic of the century ahead?
- Such trade was difficult enough in the seventeenth century.
- The first effort at campaign finance reform was a product of the progressive era almost a century ago.
WORD SETS
AD, advance, verbafter, prepositionafternoon, nounalarm, nounalarm clock, nouna.m., Anno Domini, annual, adjectiveApril, nounAsh Wednesday, nounAug., August, nounautumn, nounautumnal, adjectivebank holiday, nounBC, BCE, biannual, adjectivebicentenary, nounbicentennial, nounbiennial, adjectivebimonthly, adjectivebirthday, nounbiweekly, adjectivebonfire night, nounBoxing Day, nounBritish Summer Time, nounBST, nouncalendar, nouncalendar month, nouncalendar year, nouncarriage clock, nouncentenary, nouncentury, nounChristmas, nounChristmas Day, nounChristmas Eve, nounChristmastime, nounchronograph, nounchronological, adjectivechronometer, nouncircadian, adjectiveclock, nouncrystal, nouncuckoo clock, nouncycle, nouncyclic, adjectivedaily, adjectivedaily, adverbdate, noundate, verbdawn, nounday, nounDec., decade, nounDecember, noundiamond anniversary, noundiamond jubilee, noundinnertime, noundiurnal, adjectived.o.b., due date, noundusk, nounface, nounFather's Day, nounfeast, nounFebruary, nounfortnightly, adjectiveFourth of July, the, Fri., Friday, nounGood Friday, nounGreenwich Mean Time, nounGregorian calendar, nounguy, nounGuy Fawkes Night, nounhalf-hourly, adjectivehalf-yearly, adjectiveHalloween, nounhand, nounHanukkah, nounharvest festival, nounHogmanay, nounhorn, nounhour, nounhourglass, nounhour hand, nounhr, Independence Day, nounJan., January, nounjubilee, nounJuly, nounJune, nounLabor Day, nounleap year, nounlunar month, nounmainspring, nounman-hour, nounMar., March, nounMardi Gras, nounmarket day, nounMaundy Thursday, nounMay, nounMay Day, nounMichaelmas, nounmidday, nounmiddle age, nounmiddle-aged, adjectivemidnight, nounMidsummer Day, nounmidweek, adjectivemillennium, nounmin., minute hand, nounMon., Monday, nounmonth, nounmorn, nounmorning, nounMothering Sunday, nounMother's Day, nounmovable feast, nounnew moon, nounNew Year, nounNew Year's Day, nounNew Year's Eve, nounnight, nounnightfall, nounnighttime, nounnocturnal, adjectiveNoel, nounnoon, nounnoonday, adjectiveNov., November, nounOct., October, nounp.a., Pancake Day, nounPDT, penultimate, adjectiveper annum, adverbper diem, adverbperiodic, adjectivep.m., PST, public holiday, nounquarter, nounquotidian, adjectiveRemembrance Day, nounSat., Saturday, nounschoolday, nounseason, nounsecond, nounsecond hand, nounself-winding, adjectiveSeptember, nounshockproof, adjectivesilver anniversary, nounsilver jubilee, nounsilver wedding anniversary, nounsolar year, nounsolstice, nounspring, nounspringtime, nounstandard time, nounstopwatch, nounsummer, nounsummer solstice, nounsummertime, nounsummery, adjectiveSun., Sunday, nounsundown, nounsunrise, nounsunset, nounsun-up, nountercentenary, nounThanksgiving, nounthirty, numberThursday, nountime, nountime, verbtimepiece, nountimer, nountime signal, nountime warp, nountime zone, nountoday, adverbtoday, nountomorrow, adverbtomorrow, nountonight, adverbtonight, nountriennial, adjectiveTuesday, nountwilight, nounWed., Wednesday, nounweek, nounweekday, nounweekend, nounweekly, adjectiveweeknight, nounWhit, nounWhitsun, nounwinter, nounwintertime, nounwk., wristwatch, nounyear, nounyesterday, adverbyr., Yule, nounYuletide, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives After years of neglect, the roads were full of potholes.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· The movie is set in the 18th century.
· the industrial towns of the early 19th century
· The boats were built in the last century.
· The present century has seen the start of international terrorism.
phrases· Coco Chanel was born in France at the beginning of the century.
(=the time when one century ends and another begins)· The town was expanding at the turn of the century.
· He was writing his books towards the end of the 19th century.
· In the second half of the century, people's wages began to rise.
· Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture.
· They live in a 17th-century farmhouse.
verbs (=it was started, built etc in the 18th etc century)· The present church dates from the 13th century.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES (=in the first part of the year or century)· It was too early in the year for a lot of flowers.
After years of neglect, the roads were full of potholes.· Gas was used in houses and for street lights from the early nineteenth century.· Colonists had never seen anything before like the revivalist outbreaks that swept the country in the early eighteenth century.· Romainmôtier Church was originally part of a Cluniac Monastery, built in the early tenth century.· In Czechoslovakia Romanesque structures were being erected from the early tenth century, in the form of castles and churches.· There is a lovely pilgrimage church of the early seventeenth century and a handsome cloister.· The coffin furniture industry moved away from London during the early nineteenth century, transferring itself to Birmingham.· It has a baronial castle which was rebuilt in the early sixteenth century after fire destruction.· For the late fifth and early sixth centuries, however, he was less constrained.
· The post-war farming depression meant that by 1817 earnings were once again back at the level of the late eighteenth century.· From the later fourth century, this ideal offered puzzled Christians a means to define their identity without ambiguity.· Restored, it is in good condition and retains its later, eighteenth century furniture and wall paintings.· Looking back to the seventeenth century, or forward to the late twentieth century.· The improved navigation schemes of the later eighteenth century had been beneficial in stimulating the local economy.· It was only in the late nineteenth century that a sustained campaign for pensions for manual workers began.· The two went hand in hand until the later nineteenth century.· This must have happened in the late third century.
· This work went through three editions, each time augmented, the last being in the mid nineteenth century.· It is from this period that the first two political bonds of the mid sixteenth century come.· All these groups lost in fervour what they gained in respectability and by the mid eighteenth century their force was largely spent.· But by the mid century this was changing.· The situation had been transformed radically since the mid eighteenth century when Nonconformist groups were relatively small and few in number.· The clearest single advance in technique was the introduction in the mid seventeenth century of preservation in spirits of wine.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
1one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ’s birththe 11th/18th/21st etc century- By the turn of the century, a unique international generation of women had arrived at senior status.
- For many of us the turn of the century was only a few months ago.
- From 1859 until the turn of the century the system worked wonderfully.
- Nevertheless they were considerably more evangelical at the turn of the century than they are now.
- People have been peddling phony weight-loss elixirs since before the turn of the century.
- She was born before the turn of the century, so it is likely that her parents had been born into slavery.
- Their catalogues contain fewer items, but the range of publications is wider than at the turn of the century.
- This 1935 measure derived from the widows' pensions, which states had enacted at the turn of the century.
The church was built in the 13th century.the next/last century by the beginning of the next century the story of life on a small farm at the turn of the century (=the beginning of the century)2a period of 100 years: many centuries ago3100 runs scored by one cricket player in an inningsCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesthe 18th/19th/20th/21st etc century· The movie is set in the 18th century.the early/mid/late 18th etc century· the industrial towns of the early 19th centurythe last/next century· The boats were built in the last century.the present century· The present century has seen the start of international terrorism.phrasesthe beginning of the century· Coco Chanel was born in France at the beginning of the century.the turn of the century (=the time when one century ends and another begins)· The town was expanding at the turn of the century.the end/close of the century· He was writing his books towards the end of the 19th century.the first/second half of the century· In the second half of the century, people's wages began to rise.18th-/19th- etc century art/music/literature· Nothing compares with Florence's beautiful 15th-century architecture.a16th-/19th- etc century house/church etc· They live in a 17th-century farmhouse.verbsdate from the 18th etc century (=it was started, built etc in the 18th etc century)· The present church dates from the 13th century.