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centenarian

/ˌsentɪˈneəriən/noun

उच्चारण सेन्टिनेअरिअन

शतायु व्यक्ति

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Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

SSC MTS 2023
noun
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    a person who is 100 years old or more

    शतायु व्यक्ति

    • The village has three centenarians.
    • The town celebrated its oldest resident, a centenarian who still read the newspaper daily.
    • The oldest woman in the town is a centenarian.
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    • Doctors studied the diet of a famous centenarian.
    • The centenarian walked a mile every morning.

    Synonyms hundred-year-old

≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

hundred-year-old

AaSpelling

cen·te·nar·i·an

With -te-nar-.

-te-nar- के साथ।

?Which word?

Keep apart centenarian (a person 100 years old) and centennial or centenary (a 100th anniversary).

Centenarian (100 वर्ष का व्यक्ति) और centennial या centenary (100वीं वर्षगाँठ) को अलग रखिए।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked very often (age): a person aged 100 or more is a centenarian; 90–99 a nonagenarian; 80–89 an octogenarian; 70–79 a septuagenarian; 60–69 a sexagenarian.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (आयु): 100 या अधिक वर्ष का व्यक्ति centenarian; 90-99 nonagenarian; 80-89 octogenarian; 70-79 septuagenarian; 60-69 sexagenarian।

General knowledge

Okinawa (Japan) is famous for its many centenarians.

Okinawa (जापान) अपने अनेक शतायु लोगों के लिए प्रसिद्ध है।