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one hundred

one hundred

194 1.0
A number equal to ten times ten
  • numeral
  • /wʌn ˈhʌndrəd/
translation icon : cien
  • I strolled onto the plaza where the night before some one hundred people had slept.
  • one hundred percent
  • one hundred dollars
  • one hundred years

Examples

  • One hundred percent success rate.

    I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

  • The marathon attracted one hundred runners eager to compete.

  • And now, for our grand prize of one hundred dollars...

    Detroit Rock City (1999)

  • For which, each of you will pay me one hundred million dollars.

    A View to a Kill (1985)

  • Now, it is somewhat lower, but still above one hundred billion dollars a year.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The game ends a little bit later with me owing Chick one hundred and fifty dollars.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • I bet one hundred dollars, that the Irishman is taking him to the next combination.

    The Courier (2012)

  • School instrumental ensembles have employed the same instruments for over one hundred years.

    Academic text (2011)

  • A representative sample of one hundred mosques throughout the United States was surveyed.

    Academic text (2011)

  • Crook and his staff mustered one hundred Walapai-Havasupai scouts into federal service on 1 September 1872.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

100
vsone hundred
∞ 1.0

A number that is ten times ten and one more than ninety-nine

is written as words rather than as digits
hundred
vsone hundred
∞ 1.0

A number equal to ten groups of ten

is the exact number idea rather than a counted physical set

How Many

ten thousand
74 1.0
one thousand
26 1.0
one hundred
194 1.0
ten
311 1.0
one
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

one hundred cardinal word
100 cardinal digit

Morphology

one + hundred

The numeral 'one hundred' is directly and compositionally derived from the known constituents 'one' and 'hundred' (i.e. 1 × 100 = 100). Numeral formation of this type is regular and cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

One hundred comes from the idea of putting ten groups of ten together. Imagine ten rows of ten coins making a neat square — that single big group is one hundred, so the phrase means '100'.