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one hundred twenty-five

one hundred twenty-five

2 1.0
A number equal to 125
  • numeral
  • US
translation icon : ciento veinticinco
  • The survey indicated that one hundred twenty-five students participated in the research project.
  • one hundred twenty-five dollars
  • one hundred twenty-five years
  • one hundred twenty-five people

Examples

  • In the years from 1831 through 1865, thirty-eight of one hundred twenty-five punished slave men received combination punishments (30.4 percent).

    Academic text (2009)
  • A sample of one hundred and twenty-five (125) subjects was randomly selected for this study, out of which seventy-eight (78) were test anxious, and these went through the treatment program.

    Academic text (2005)
  • So far, one hundred twenty-five people have been confirmed killed.

    Blog text (4)
  • By 1991, the group had one hundred and twenty-five chapters in forty-three states.

    Academic text (1991)
  • I paid a hundred dollars a session; when I first came for a consultation, Dr. V. had said that her usual fee was one hundred twenty-five dollars, but that she would lower it to meet the needs of my budget.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • One hundred twenty-five respondents (35.9%) believed that these contemporary games and activities were generally unique to our culture and country or were noncultural in origin.

    Academic text (1996)
  • One hundred and twenty-five teachers of exceptional students were surveyed to determine the type of remedial strategy used in their classrooms.

    Academic text (1991)
  • One hundred twenty-five subjects individually completed the Creativity subscale of Scott's Personal Value Scale, assessing attitudes toward originality.

    Academic text (1993)
  • In the period from 1831 through 1865, Georgia punished one hundred twenty-five slave men; it whipped seventeen (13.6 percent).

    Academic text (2009)
  • Of the three hundred fifty-two slave men charged with crimes, one hundred twenty-five were charged with murder (35.5 percent). Of the forty-four slave women charged with crimes, nineteen were charged with murder (43.2 percent).

    Academic text (2009)

Surface Forms

one hundred twenty-five cardinal word
125 cardinal digit

Morphology

one + hundred + twenty-five

The phrase is fully compositional: it denotes 100 + 25 = 125, and its meaning follows standard English numeral formation. A B1 learner who knows 'one', 'hundred' and 'twenty-five' and basic rules for composing numbers will readily derive the meaning, since numeral composition is regular and cross-linguistically transparent.

Etymology

One hundred twenty-five comes from adding one hundred and twenty-five together. Imagine a pile of one hundred apples plus twenty-five more, so you have '125' in total.