Hundred Meaning
/ˈhʌn.dɹəd/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
numA numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.
numThe pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.
Sentence Examples
One hundred and fifty thousand couples are expected to get married in Shanghai in 2006.
Please draw a hundred thousand yen from the bank.
The local library contains more than three hundred rare historical manuscripts.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After paying the fine, he had only one ____ dollars left in his account.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There were more than a ____ people waiting in the long line for the new movie release.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A few hundred migrants who have been waiting in Reynosa, Mexico, for the end of the US pandemic public health order, known as Title 42, were allowed to seek asylum this week, sources on the ground told CNN."
— 2022 April 21, Rosa Flores, Rosalina Nieves and Amir Vera, “CBP allows a few hundred vulnerable migrants to seek asylum this week as thousands wait in Mexico for Title 42 to end, sources say”, in CNN:
"The announcement comes amid mounting pressure on university administrators to rein in pro-Palestinian demonstrations, which have erupted periodically on college campuses across the country over the past year and led to the arrest of hundreds of demonstrators."
— 2025 March 10, Karina Tsui and Elizabeth Wolfe, “Department of Education investigating 60 colleges and universities over antisemitism claims”, in CNN:
"“Okay. You head over to City Hall East. I'll meet you there. The briefing starts at eleven hundred, sharp.”"
— 2002, Michael Prescott, Next Victim, Signet, page 185:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After paying the fine, he had only one ____ dollars left in his account.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There were more than a ____ people waiting in the long line for the new movie release.