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Century

/ˈsentʃəri/ noun

Meaning

A period of one hundred years.

हिंदी मेंसौ साल की अवधि।

Example Sentences

“The building is over a century old.”

यह इमारत एक सदी से अधिक पुरानी है।

“We are living in the twenty-first century.”

हम इक्कीसवीं सदी में जी रहे हैं।

⚠ Common Mistake

Centuries are usually written with ordinal numbers ("the 19th century") — don't say "century 19".

Good to Know

Countable
countable

Written and reviewed by Maninder Thind · Last updated 17 August 2026

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