hundred
- 01 A1 Beginner
num.the number 100, which is ten times ten.
num.the cardinal number 100, occurring after ninety-nine and before one hundred and one.
Simple“There are one hundred centimeters in a meter.”
In context“The company celebrated its first hundred years of operation by opening a new museum dedicated to its industrial heritage.”
PitfallThere were hundreds people at the concert. There were hundreds of people at the concert.When using 'hundreds' as a noun to mean a large number, you must follow it with 'of' before the noun.
Synonymsone hundred - 02 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a piece of paper money worth one hundred units, like dollars or euros.
n.a banknote with a denomination of one hundred units of a specific currency.
Simple“He paid for the expensive dinner with a hundred.”
In context“The cashier held the hundred up to the light to verify the watermark before completing the transaction.”
- 03 B2 Upper Intermediate
n.a score of 100 runs or more by a single player in a game of cricket.
n.a score of at least one hundred runs achieved by a single batsman in an innings.
Simple“The crowd cheered when the captain finally reached his hundred.”
In context“After a slow start, the opening batsman accelerated his scoring rate to reach a magnificent hundred before the tea break.”
Synonyms - 04 C2 Proficiency
n.a small area of land used for local government in old England.
n.a historical administrative subdivision of an English county, traditionally large enough to support one hundred households.
Simple“In the Middle Ages, this village was the center of the local hundred.”
In context“The ancient records of the hundred provide a detailed account of land ownership and tax collection in the fourteenth century.”
Usage hundreds of thousands · hundreds of millions · hundreds of people
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.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.