hundred

CEFRA2

/ˈhʌn.dɹəd/

number · numeral · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    number

    The number 100, equal to ten times ten.

  2. 02

    number

    Extra detail

    A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).

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.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
3
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /-dɹɪd/
  • /ˈhʌndəɹt/

Deep Dive

number

Extra meaning

  1. The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.

numeral

Extra meaning

  1. A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.

More examples

In context

  • The local library contains more than three hundred rare historical manuscripts.

  • A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.

  • hundreds of thousands of faces.

Synonyms

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Origin

number

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.