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100000

100000

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A number equal to one hundred thousand
  • numeral
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  • None of the cities has fewer than 100,000 people; all have at least daily service to Moscow.
  • 100,000 years
  • 100,000 people
  • approximately 100,000

Examples

  • The third petition, signed by 100,000, had been circulated in every state and territory.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The new vehicle manufacturing sector is reported to have created 100,000 new jobs and is growing.

    Academic text (1999)
  • At any one time, about 7 per 100,000 of the population are affected.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Over the last year, we've made $100,000 in income from wood processing and marketing.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The Southwest had the greatest number of deaths per 100,000 children under five; the Northeast, the fewest.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Thus, in a hypothetical urban district with 100,000 voters, 75,000 could be Democrats.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There’s 100,000 women and children who need medical supplies and food, and they want me to help.

  • A newspaper article shows Leopold donating $100,000 to establish a scientific center researching studies in time and space.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The American-backed Sunni army that became the Sons of Iraq would boast of 100,000 members within three years.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The city has a crime rate of 500 incidents per 100,000 residents.

Synonyms

hundred thousand
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95 1.0

The number equal to 100,000

is the digit form used instead of words
lakh
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  • Indian
2 9.9

A number equal to one hundred thousand used in South Asia

is the neutral numeral form used outside regional naming

Surface Forms

100000 cardinal digit
one hundred thousand cardinal word
100000th ordinal digit
one hundred thousandth ordinal word

Etymology

100000 Is read as one hundred thousand and literally means 'one hundred' groups of 'one thousand', so it is 100 times 1,000.