century

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A period of 100 years; also used to refer to a specific hundred-year period in history.

• We live in the 21st century.
• The building has stood for over a century.
• Shakespeare lived in the 16th century.
• The industrial revolution transformed economic systems throughout the nineteenth century, fundamentally altering labor practices and production methods.
• Climate scientists predict that global temperatures may rise by several degrees over the course of the current century without significant intervention.
• Literary scholars trace the evolution of the novel as a dominant narrative form across more than a century of cultural change.

Eş anlamlılar: hundred years