hundred
a cardinal number, ten times ten.
a symbol for this number, as 100 or C.
a set of this many persons or things: a hundred of the men.
hundreds, a number between 100 and 999, as in referring to an amount of money: Property loss was only in the hundreds of dollars.
Informal.
a hundred-dollar bill.
the sum of one hundred dollars.
(formerly) an administrative division of an English county.
a similar division in colonial Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia, and in present-day Delaware.
Also called hundred's place. Mathematics.
(in a mixed number) the position of the third digit to the left of the decimal point.
(in a whole number) the position of the third digit from the right.
amounting to one hundred in number.
Idioms about hundred
keep it one hundred, Slang. to remain completely genuine or authentic; be totally honest or truthful. : Also keep it 100 .
Origin of hundred
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How to use hundred in a sentence
The American military may have launched hundreds of airstrikes on Iraq and Syria.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIf ISIS “came into a base and killed hundreds of troops, then people would ask a lot more questions.”
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War | Nancy A. Youssef | January 7, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTSome “hanging judges” have handed down hundreds of death sentences at a time.
And the cameras on the busier streets would show hundreds of people going past.
Over the next six months hundreds of same-sex couples married.
The Real Story Behind the Fight for Marriage Equality | E.J. Graff | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
We have made several hundreds prisoners, and have killed a multitude of the enemy.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonHundreds of soldiers already lined the streets to keep the crowd back out of the way of the procession.
Our Little Korean Cousin | H. Lee M. PikeFrom some points, hundreds of acres of the Swedish and French may be seen, and they are rarely or never out of view.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyA suitable stone for such a purpose will be picked up and carried hundreds of miles.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.Competing stores needlessly occupy the time of hundreds of thousands of employees in a mixture of idleness and industry.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for hundred
/ (ˈhʌndrəd) /
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and ten; five score: See also number (def. 1)
a numeral, 100, C, etc, representing this number
(often plural) a large but unspecified number, amount, or quantity: there will be hundreds of people there
the hundreds
the numbers 100 to 109: the temperature was in the hundreds
the numbers 100 to 199: his score went into the hundreds
the numbers 100 to 999: the price was in the hundreds
(plural) the 100 years of a specified century: in the sixteen hundreds
something representing, represented by, or consisting of 100 units
maths the position containing a digit representing that number followed by two zeros: in 4376, 3 is in the hundred's place
an ancient division of a county in England, Ireland, and parts of the US
amounting to or approximately a hundred: a hundred reasons for that
(as pronoun): the hundred I chose
amounting to 100 times a particular scientific quantity: a hundred volts
Origin of hundred
1Other words from hundred
- Related prefix: hecto-
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hundred
see by the dozen (hundred).
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