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hun·dred

(hŭn′drĭd)

n. pl. hundred or hun·dreds

1. The cardinal number equal to 10 × 10 or 10².

2. The number in the third position left of the decimal point in an Arabic numeral.

3. A one-hundred-dollar bill.

4. hundreds The numbers between 100 and 999: an attendance figure estimated in the hundreds.

5. An administrative division of some counties in England and the United States.

[Middle English, from Old English; see dekm̥ in Indo-European roots.]

hun′dred adj.

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hundred

(ˈhʌndrəd)

n, pl -dreds or -dred

1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the product of ten and ten; five score. See also number¹

2. (Mathematics) a numeral, 100, C, etc, representing this number

3. (often plural) a large but unspecified number, amount, or quantity: there will be hundreds of people there.

4. the hundreds

a. the numbers 100 to 109: the temperature was in the hundreds.

b. the numbers 100 to 199: his score went into the hundreds.

c. the numbers 100 to 999: the price was in the hundreds.

5. (plural) the 100 years of a specified century: in the sixteen hundreds.

6. something representing, represented by, or consisting of 100 units

7. (Mathematics) maths the position containing a digit representing that number followed by two zeros: in 4376, 3 is in the hundred's place.

8. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an ancient division of a county in England, Ireland, and parts of the US

determiner

a. amounting to or approximately a hundred: a hundred reasons for that.

b. (as pronoun): the hundred I chose.

10. (General Physics) amounting to 100 times a particular scientific quantity: a hundred volts.

[Old English; related to Old Frisian hunderd, Old Norse hundrath, German hundert, Gothic hund, Latin centum, Greek hekaton]

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hun•dred

(ˈhʌn drɪd)

n., pl. -dreds, (as after a numeral) -dred, n.

1. a cardinal number, ten times ten.

2. a symbol for this number, as 100 or C.

3. a set of this many persons or things.

4. hundreds,

a. a number between 100 and 999, as in referring to an amount of money.

b. a generally large number: Hundreds came to the funeral.

5. a hundred-dollar bill.

6. (formerly) an administrative division of an English county.

7. a similar division in colonial Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia, and in present-day Delaware.

8. Also called hun′dred's place`.

a. (in a mixed number) the position of the third digit to the left of the decimal point.

b. (in a whole number) the position of the third digit from the right.

adj.

9. amounting to 100 in number.

[before 950; Middle English, Old English (c. Old Frisian, Old Saxon hundred, Middle High German hundert, Old Norse hundrath) =hund 100 (c. Gothic hund; akin to Latin centum, Greek hekatón, Skt śatám) + -red tale, count, akin to Gothic rathjan to reckon (see read¹)]

hundred

A hundred or one hundred is the number 100.

You can say that there are a hundred things or one hundred things.

She must have had a hundred pairs of shoes at least.

The group claimed the support of over one hundred MPs.

Be Careful!
Don't say that there are 'hundred' things.

Don't add '-s' to the word hundred when you put another number in front of it.

There are more than two hundred languages spoken in Nigeria.

For numbers greater than 100, most speakers add and before pronouncing the second part of the number, but speakers of American English sometimes leave out the and. For example, 370 is expressed as three hundred and seventy in British English and sometimes as three hundred seventy in American English.

He got nine hundred and eighty-three votes.

Eduardo won a hundred fifty dollars.

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Noun	1.	hundred - ten 10s 100, one C, century, C large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.	1.	hundred - being ten more than ninety 100, c, one hundred cardinal - being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order; "cardinal numbers"

hundred

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prefix hect(o)-

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Translations

رقم مئه: 100مئةمِئَةٌمئة دولارمئة سَنَه

cent

stosto letsto let starýstovka

hundredehundrede århundredeårighundreder

hundert Hunderter einhundert

εκατό εκατόν κατοστάρικο

cent

cien ciento centena centenar

sada

satasatanen

cent

מאה

sto

százszázasszázéves

eitt hundraðhundraðhundraîhundraî ára

cento centinaio

百

100백

centum

šimtasšimteriopaišimteriopasšimto metųšimtoji dalis

simtsimtniekssimtssimts gadu vecssimts gadu vecums

honderd

hundre hundreårsalder

sto

cem cento

sută

сто сотня

stosto rokovsto rokov starýstovka

sto

hundra

หนึ่งร้อย

yüzyüz dolaryüz sayısıyüz yaşıyüz yaşında

trăm

一百一百岁一百美元一百英镑百

hundred

[ˈhʌndrɪd]

A. N

1. a or one hundred (before noun, or used alone) → cien; (before numbers up to 99) → ciento
a or one hundred people → cien personas
to count up to a or one hundred → contar hasta cien
a hundred and one/two → ciento uno/dos
a or one hundred and ten → ciento diez
a or one hundred thousand → cien mil
two hundred → doscientos
three hundred → trescientos
five hundred people → quinientas personas
five hundred and one → quinientos uno
seven hundred euros → setecientos euros
nine hundred pounds → novecientas libras
a hundred per cent → cien por cien
to live to be a hundred → llegar a los cien años
the hundred and first → el centésimo primero

2. (= figure) → ciento m

3. (= large number) in hundreds, by the hundred → a centenares
for hundreds of thousands of years → durante centenares de miles de años
hundreds of people → centenares de personas
I've got hundreds of letters to write → tengo que escribir cientos de cartas
I've told you hundreds of times → te lo he dicho cientos or centenares de veces
I've got a hundred and one things to do → tengo la mar de cosas que hacer

B. CPD the Hundred Years' War N → la Guerra de los Cien Años

HUNDRED

"Ciento" or "cien"?

• Use cien before a noun (even when it follows mil):

...a or one hundred soldiers... ...cien soldados... ...eleven hundred metres... ...mil cien metros...

! Don't translate numbers like eleven hundred literally. Translate their equivalent in thousands and hundreds instead.

• Use cien before mil and millón:

...a or one hundred thousand dollars... ...cien mil dólares... ...a or one hundred million lira... ...cien millones de liras...

• But use ciento before another number:

...a or one hundred and sixteen stamps... ...ciento dieciséis sellos...

• When hundred follows another number, use the compound forms (doscientos, -as, trescientos, -as ) which must agree with the noun:

...two hundred and fifty women... ...doscientas cincuenta mujeres...

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hundred

[ˈhʌndrəd] num → cent
a hundred euros → cent euros
five hundred → cinq cents
five hundred and one → cinq cent un
about a hundred → une centaine
about a hundred ... → une centaine de ...
about a hundred people → une centaine de personnes
hundreds of ... → des centaines de ...
hundreds of people → des centaines de personnes
hundreds [people] → des centaines de personnes
Hundreds died in the fighting → Des centaines de personnes sont mortes au combat.
a hundred (+ noun) → cent
a hundred people → cent personnes
a hundred dollars → cent dollars
one hundred (+ noun) → cent
one hundred people → cent personnes
one hundred dollars → cent dollars
a hundred per cent (+ adj) → absolument
I'm a hundred per cent sure → J'en suis absolument certain.

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hundred

adj → hundert; a or one hundred years → (ein)hundert Jahre; two/several hundred years → zweihundert/mehrere hundert or Hundert Jahre; a or one hundred and one (lit) → (ein)hundert(und)eins; (fig) → tausend; a or one hundred and two/ten → (ein)hundert(und)zwei/-zehn; (one) hundred and first/second etc → hundert(und)erste(r, s)/-zweite(r, s) etc; a or one hundred thousand → (ein)hunderttausend; a hundred-mile walk → ein Hundertmeilenmarsch; a or one hundred per cent → hundert Prozent; a (one) hundred per cent increase → eine hundertprozentige Erhöhung, eine Erhöhung von or um hundert Prozent; a or one hundred per cent inflation → eine Inflationsrate von hundert Prozent; I’m not a or one hundred per cent fit/sure → ich bin nicht hundertprozentig fit/sicher; I agree with you one hundred per cent → ich stimme hundertprozentig mit Ihnen überein; the Hundred Years’ War (Hist) → der Hundertjährige Krieg; never in a hundred years! → nie im Leben!

n → hundert num; (written figure) → Hundert f; hundreds (lit, fig) → hunderte or Hunderte pl; (Math: figures in column) → Hunderter pl; to count in hundreds → in hunderten or Hunderten zählen; to count up to a or one hundred → bis hundert zählen; the hundreds column (Math) → die Hunderterspalte; one in a hundred → einer unter hundert; eighty out of a hundred → achtzig von hundert; an audience of a or one/two hundred → hundert/zweihundert Zuschauer; hundreds of times → hundertmal, hunderte or Hunderte von Malen; hundreds and hundreds → Hunderte und Aberhunderte, hunderte und aberhunderte; hundreds of or and thousands → hunderttausende or Hunderttausende pl; hundreds and thousands (Cook) → Liebesperlen pl; he earns nine hundred a month → er verdient neunhundert im Monat; I’ll lay (you) a hundred to one → ich wette hundert gegen eins; to sell something by the hundred (lit, fig) → etw im Hundert verkaufen; it’ll cost you a hundred → das wird dich einen Hunderter kosten; to live to be a hundred → hundert Jahre alt werden; they came in (their) hundreds or by the hundred → sie kamen zu hunderten or Hunderten

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hundred

[ˈhʌndrɪd]

1. adj → cento inv
about a hundred people → un centinaio di persone
a hundred and one → centouno
hundred and first → centounesimo/a
I'm a hundred per cent sure → sono sicuro/a al cento per cento

2. n → cento m inv
to live to be a hundred → vivere fino all'età di cent'anni (less exactly) → diventare centenario/a
hundreds of people → centinaia fpl di persone
they came in their hundreds → sono arrivati a centinaia

hundred

(ˈhandrəd) noun

1. (plural ˈhundred) the number 100. Ten times ten is a hundred; more than one/a hundred; There must be at least six hundred of them here.

2. the figure 100.

3. the age of 100. She's over a hundred; a man of a hundred.

4. (plural ˈhundred) a hundred pounds or dollars. I lost several hundred at the casino last night.

adjective

1. 100 in number. six hundred people; a few hundred pounds.

2. aged 100. He is a hundred today.

ˈhundred-

a hundred-dollar bill.

ˈhundredfold adjective, adverb

one hundred times as much or as great. Production has increased a hundredfold.

ˈhundredth noun

1. one of a hundred equal parts.

2. (also adjective) (the) last of a hundred (people, things etc) or (the person, thing etc) in an equivalent position.

ˈhundreds of

1. several hundred. He has hundreds of pounds in the bank.

2. very many. I've got hundreds of things to do.

hundred

→ مِئَةٌ sto hundrede hundert εκατό cien sata cent sto cento 百 100 honderd hundre sto cem сто hundra หนึ่งร้อย yüz trăm 一百

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