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hundred

HUN-druhd/ˈhʌndɹəd/

Noun pluralhundreds

6 meanings of hundred

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  1. 1
    number 100numeral
    The number equal to 100, the one that comes right after ninety-nine.

    Like ten full groups of ten counted together.

    There were almost a hundred people at the concert.

    She counted slowly to a hundred before opening her eyes.

    UsageSay a hundred or one hundred. Say two hundred people with no -s, but hundreds of people.

  2. 2
    banknotenouncountable
    A piece of paper money worth one hundred dollars, euros, or the like.

    She paid with a hundred and got plenty of change back.

    He found a hundred folded inside the old book.

    UsagePeople say break a hundred when they want it changed into smaller money.

  3. 3
    noun
    Used as "hundreds" after a number to name a group of one hundred years, as in "the eighteen hundreds".

    My great-grandparents came to America in the late eighteen hundreds.

    This farmhouse was built sometime in the early nineteen hundreds.

    UsageSay the eighteen hundreds. In writing, people often put the 1800s.

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Less common meanings

  1. 4
    clock timenumeral
    The way the '00' minutes are spoken when telling time on a twenty-four-hour clock.

    The meeting begins at thirteen hundred sharp.

    We leave camp at sixteen hundred tomorrow.

    UsageSay fourteen hundred for 14:00. For 14:30, say fourteen thirty.

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  2. 5
    cricket scorenouncountable
    In cricket, a score of one hundred runs or more made by a single batter.

    She scored her first hundred in the school cricket match.

    The crowd roared when he reached a hundred.

    UsageSay make a hundred or score a hundred. A century means the same.

    Similarcentury, ton

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  3. 6
    English districtnounhistoricalcountable
    An old part of a county, with its own court, still used in some places to name pieces of land.

    Like splitting a big region into smaller areas, each with its own local meeting.

    Long ago, each hundred had its own meeting place and court.

    Their village belonged to a hundred that paid taxes to the king.

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Origin

From Old English hundred. It came from an older word meaning "hundred" plus a word meaning "count."

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