[
US
/ˌsɛntəˈnɛɹiən/
]
[ UK /sˌɛntənˈeəɹiən/ ]
[ UK /sˌɛntənˈeəɹiən/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- being at least 100 years old
NOUN
- someone who is at least 100 years old
How To Use centenarian In A Sentence
- I look forward to an article here about a centenarian raping a College fresher. The Geezer Bandit
- The number of centenarians has risen ninetyfold over the past century as life expectancy has increased. Times, Sunday Times
- In 1955, three years after becoming monarch, she sent 105 birthday telegrams to centenarians.
- The first programmable computer has only been around for 80 years and it's hoped that by the time they become centenarians, they may be able to look back and understand what it means to evolve.
- A centenarian is a person who has lived beyond 100 years. The Times of India
- Irish centenarians are largely a docile, low-maintenance lot who ask little of the state and get little from it.
- The present number of centenarians will not be known until the publication of the 1991 census.
- Written by three experts who drew on the experiences of hundreds of centenarians, The Okinawa Program was published in 2001.
- The median age of the veterans is 77.5 for men and 79.2 for women, and there are 1,000 who are centenarians.
- ABC medical boffin Dr Norman Swan gave a speech at a healthcare conference in Canberra this week that suggests the Queen is going to be a busy woman when it comes to sending out congratulations to centenarians.