What does centenarian mean?
Centenarian means One who or that which is at least 100 years old..
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/ˌsɛnəˈnɛɹiən/ · noun
One who or that which is at least 100 years old..
The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.
He proposed the formation of the Louisiana Live Oak Association, whose members would be trees at least a hundred years old. First among the centenarians he listed was the Locke Breaux oak, the largest tree he knew, measuring 10.7 m (35 ft.) in circumference, 22.8 m (75 ft.) tall, with a spread of 50.6 m (166 ft.) in 1932.
Centenarians may become the norm, rather than rarities who generate a headline in the local newspaper.
Use centenarian when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Centenarian means One who or that which is at least 100 years old..
Common synonyms include hundred-year-old, supercentenarian, centenary, old.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The average age of these 203 centenarians was 102 years 5 months and 25 days.
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