three hundred
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- numeral
- /θriː ˈhʌndrəd/
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trescientos
- There were three hundred attendees at the conference this year.
- three hundred years
- three hundred thousand
- three hundred and fifty
Examples
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- The British have not had to fight in over three hundred years.
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The suburbs of Greater Boston, which by 1850 had a metropolitan-area population of over three hundred thousand, surrounded Concord.
Academic text (2017) -
- Did you say three hundred Japanese on the island, sir?
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The grand total was about nine million, as compared to more than three hundred million today.
Academic text (1992) -
In addition, the song's bridge suggests how little has changed over three hundred years.
Academic text (2013) -
Results based on the administration of the test to over three hundred children have been encouraging.
Academic text (1991) -
There are now estimated to be more than three hundred steel bands in music programs throughout the country.
Academic text (1995) -
What if I bumped it up to three hundred?
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The concert will be broadcast on March 2, 1995, over approximately three hundred Public Broadcasting Service television stations.
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The experience in Salem, Massachusetts, of three hundred years ago is prototypical.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
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1.0
A number equal to three hundred
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the number 300' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'three' (3) with 'hundred' (100) following the standard numeric composition pattern (3 × 100). This construction is morphologically and conceptually regular across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will immediately understand the MWE.
Etymology
Three hundred is simply three groups of one hundred. Imagine three piles of 100 coins, and you can see why it means '300'.