two hundred
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- I saved two hundred dollars to buy a new laptop.
- two hundred years
- two hundred students
- two hundred dollars
And after looking at these two hundred groups, I could only conclude that the majority of them were spending money to keep this whole farce alive.
- And after looking at these two hundred groups, I could only conclude that the majority of them were spending money to keep this whole farce alive.
Examples
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However, the size and composition of the state took another two hundred years to establish definitively.
Academic text (1991) -
The state school library association conference attracted over two hundred school librarians.
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Oh, you mean, like, if I had... -two hundred dollars in this hand?
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I mean, this machine here, cost me two hundred bucks.
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The police cars stop in a line about two hundred yards behind them.
Fiction book (1991) -
Though a number of seats were empty, more than two hundred and fifty people were on board.
Fiction book (1991) -
You did fifteen shows and came home with two hundred and twenty dollars?
Fiction book (1990) -
Two hundred meters south of my position.
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Two hundred bookings in New York alone.
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In 1860, he reported to the Census Bureau that he owned 360 acres, two hundred improved and 160 unimproved.
Academic text (2015)
Synonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the number 200' is directly and transparently derived from combining the numerals 'two' and 'hundred' following the standard English numeral composition pattern (two × one hundred). This decimal/multiplicative pattern is cross-linguistically common and predictable, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will understand the MWE.
Etymology
The number two hundred comes from putting two and hundred together to show two groups of one hundred. So, two hundred means '200' or 'two times one hundred'.