hundred
hundred Lexical Profile
hundred Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Amounting to ten times ten in number; totaling one more than ninety-nine.
"The historic library holds over a hundred rare manuscripts from the medieval period."
• noun
The cardinal number equal to ten times ten (100), or a symbol representing this number.
"The charity event raised several hundred dollars for the local animal shelter."
A very large, indefinite number or quantity (usually used in the plural).
"Hundreds of volunteers gathered along the coastline to help clean up the beach."
American A banknote worth one hundred dollars.
"He paid for the antique desk in cash using three crisp hundreds."
British A former administrative subdivision of a county or shire in England, Ireland, and parts of the United States, historically having its own court.
"In medieval England, representatives from each hundred met regularly to settle local disputes."
• pronoun
A group or set of one hundred people or things previously mentioned or understood from context.
"Over five hundred applicants applied for the scholarship, but only a hundred were selected for interviews."
Word Nuance & Usage
When preceded by a specific number or determiner (e.g., 'two hundred', 'several hundred'), the singular form 'hundred' is used; the plural form 'hundreds' is reserved for indefinite large quantities followed by 'of' (e.g., 'hundreds of people').
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English 'hundred', derived from Proto-Germanic '*hundarada', a compound of '*hunda' (hundred, cognate with Latin 'centum') and '*rada' (count or number).