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hundred

hundred

1.0
A number equal to ten groups of ten
  • numeral
  • /ˈhʌndrəd/
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  • The largest trees on the earth go to hundreds of feet high.
  • one hundred
  • a few hundred
  • several hundred

I'm sure that at least a few hundred were really good.

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Examples

  • And it has hundreds of thousands of views.

  • Chicago alone has been staffed up with hundreds of people for months.

  • There are hundreds and hundreds and hundreds on these plants.

  • And so at that point, we had hundreds and hundreds of data points.

  • And when he wrote it, hundreds of people said thank you.

  • On this episode, I answer questions in front of hundreds of my friends.

  • Have access to hundreds of feature length movies.

  • I'm sure that at least a few hundred were really good.

  • I'm talking like hundreds of people in a church.

  • The concert attracted hundreds of fans who came to see their favorite band.

Synonyms

100
vshundred
1.0

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

is the same number expressed in word form
one hundred
vshundred
194 1.0

A number equal to ten times ten

is the single-word label for the same number
hunner
vshundred
  • UK
9.9

An informal way to say one hundred

is the standard neutral written form used in formal contexts

Idioms

An amount multiplied by one hundred

To give more effort than seems possible

Too new for people now to accept

To be completely honest and direct with someone

To work as hard as you can, often more than expected

Compounds

223 1.0

A number equal to 200

117 1.0

A number equal to 300, one hundred more than 200

117 1.0

A number equal to 500

The number equal to 100,000

A paper note worth one hundred US dollars

A number equal to 120, ten more than one hundred ten

The number 101

A number equal to 150

A number written as 130 and equal to one hundred plus thirty

A number equal to 100 plus 70

A number equal to 125

five hundred
  • Australian
1 8.9

A card game for two or more where each player has five cards and bidder must take three tricks

Four Hundred
  • Archaic
1 8.9

A small group of rich and famous people who make up the city's most exclusive circle

The number equal to 100,000

A number equal to 180

A number that comes after one hundred fifty

A long series of wars between England and France from 1337 to 1453 over who should be king of France

The number after 114 and before 116

A phrase that means many rather than exactly 101

A number equal to 190

1 1.0

A number that is one more than one hundred

A number equal to 175

A number that is five more than one hundred thirty

How many liters of fuel a car uses to drive 100 kilometers

long hundred
  • Archaic
9.9

An old way to count that is 120

great hundred
  • Archaic
9.9

An old way to mean 120, not 100, used when counting goods

The number that comes after one hundred and ninth in a list

It comes after one hundred and thirty-four in order

The position number 125 in a list, order, or series

9.9

A person who strongly supports their country above all others and refuses to work with other countries

The position number 105 in a list

A person or thing in position one hundred and fifty-five in a list

The place that comes after one hundred in a list

The position number one hundred and forty-five in a list

The position number 175 in a series

A position that comes after one hundred sixty-four others in a sequence

oh dark hundred
  • Informal
9.9

A funny way to say a very early time before dawn

A number equal to 155

The number after one hundred four and before one hundred six

A number equal to one hundred plus ten

One of one hundred million equal parts of a thing

One of one hundred thousand equal parts or the position number for one hundred thousand

How Many

thousand
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hundred
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fifty
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twenty
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ten
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five
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one
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Surface Forms

hundred cardinal word
100 cardinal digit

Etymology

The word hundred comes from an old German word hund that meant 'ten times ten', a group of ten tens. So hundred is the name for the number 100.