hundred

hundred
[[t]hʌ̱ndrəd[/t]]
♦
hundreds
(The plural form is hundred after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as `several' or `a few'.)
1) NUM: usu a/num NUM A hundred or one hundred is the number 100.

According to one official more than a hundred people have been arrested.

2) QUANT: QUANT of pl-n (emphasis) If you refer to hundreds of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.

Hundreds of tree species face extinction...

Today you can buy hundreds of flavours of ice-cream.

PRON
You can also use hundreds as a pronoun.

Hundreds have been killed in the fighting and thousands made homeless.

3) PHRASE: PHR adj, PHR after v (emphasis) You can use a hundred per cent or one hundred per cent to emphasize that you agree completely with something or that it is completely right or wrong. [INFORMAL]

Are you a hundred per cent sure it's your neighbour?...

I agree with you one hundred per cent.

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  • hundred — (n.) O.E. hundred the number of 100, a counting of 100, from W.Gmc. *hundrath (Cf. O.N. hundrað, Ger. hundert), first element is P.Gmc. *hunda hundred (Cf. Goth. hund, O.H.G. hunt), from PIE *kmtom hundred (Cf. Skt. satam, Avestan satem …   Etymology dictionary

  • Hundred — Hun dred (h[u^]n dr[e^]d), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga ra[thorn]jan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hundred — might be:* Hundred (word), a word typically meaning the number 100 * Hundred (administrative division), a mostly obsolete geographic subdivision used for administrative purposes * Hundred Days, aka Waterloo Campaign * Hundred, West Virginia *… …   Wikipedia

  • Hundred — Hundred, WV U.S. town in West Virginia Population (2000): 344 Housing Units (2000): 178 Land area (2000): 0.467541 sq. miles (1.210925 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.467541 sq. miles (1.210925 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Hundred, WV — U.S. town in West Virginia Population (2000): 344 Housing Units (2000): 178 Land area (2000): 0.467541 sq. miles (1.210925 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.467541 sq. miles (1.210925 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • hundred — ► CARDINAL NUMBER 1) ten more than ninety; 100. (Roman numeral: c or C.) 2) (hundreds) informal an unspecified large number. 3) used to express whole hours in the twenty four hour system. ► NOUN Brit. historical ▪ a subdivision o …   English terms dictionary

  • Hundred — Hun dred, a. Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hundred — A political subdivision in old England. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. hundred A political subdivision in old England …   Law dictionary

  • Hundred — (spr. Höndr d), 1) Landesabtheilung der Angelsachsen in England; 2) eine 100 Grundeigenthümer umfassende, von Alfred in der Gerichtsbarkeit gemachte Gauabtheilung; die H. war wieder in zehn. Thitinge (decimae) eingetheilt; mehre Hundreds bildeten …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Hundred — (»Hundertschaft«), bei den Angelsachsen eine Unterabteilung des Gaues (s. Gau) oder der Grafschaft (shire), entsprach der fränkischen Hundertschaft; dann (hundretum, hundreta) die Versammlung der freien Männer aus einem solchen Bezirk, die zur… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Hundred — Hundred, Hundertschaft, in der angelsächs. Zeit eine Abteilung der Grafschaft (shire); dann auch die monatliche Versammlung der freien Männer eines solchen Landesbezirks zu Zwecken der Gerichtsbarkeit …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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