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hundredth

hundredth

7 1.0
The position after ninety-ninth in a list
  • noun
  • /ˈhʌndrədθ/
translation icon : centésimo
  • The printer, A. Zemaitis, apparently participated as a leader in a parade that commemorated the one-hundredth anniversary of the death of Thaddeus Kosciuszko and sent off five hundred Polish volunteers to the Polish Army in France.
  • hundredth anniversary
  • one hundredth
  • celebrate the hundredth

Examples

  • But then, as I browsed through the hundredth roundup of Thanksgiving recipes, I just got overwhelmed.

    Blog text (10)
  • Dre, for the one hundredth time, can you please pick up your jacket?

  • "So, I assume that means you are going to the For Today and the Hundredth show," she said.

    Blog text (27)
  • You think you're the first to try to kill me, or the hundredth?

  • On April 12, 1989, the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and Northeastern State University in Tahlequah celebrated the one hundredth anniversary of the opening of the second Cherokee Female Seminary building.

    Academic text (1991)
  • She received a special gift to celebrate her onehundredth day at the company.

  • This year marks the onehundredth anniversary of our town's founding.

  • He was proud to be featured in the onehundredth edition of the local magazine.

Synonyms

100th
vshundredth
61 1.0

The position after ninety-ninth in a list

is the same meaning but written as words rather than numerals

Compounds

One of one hundred equal parts written as 1/100

A number that comes after three hundred ninety-nine in a list

Number two hundred in a list

The number showing the position five hundred in a list

In the position number 300 or one of 300 equal parts

How High

zillionth
  • Informal
1 8.2
millionth
3 2.1
thousandth
1 2.1
hundredth
7 1.0
tenth
35 1.0
first
7 1.0

Surface Forms

hundredth singular
hundredths plural

Morphology

hundredth = hundred (transparent) = hundred + th

A standard ordinal formation from 'hundred' using the productive suffix '-th', so the meaning '100th' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Hundredth comes from the number hundred, which originally meant 'ten times ten', plus the ending -th that makes an order. So the hundredth is the '100th' in a sequence, the position after ninety-ninth.