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hun·dred [ húndrəd ]

noun (plural hun·dreds)

Definition:

1. 100: the number 100

2. group of 100: a group of a hundred people or objects

3. large number: an unspecified large number

attended by hundreds

4. third digit to left of decimal: the number that is three places to the left of the decimal point in an Arabic numeral

5. money $100 bill: a bill worth a hundred dollars

6. history county subdivision: a historical subdivision of English, Irish, and some North American counties

plural noun hun·dreds

Definition:

1. 100 to 999: the numbers 100 to 999

2. years of century: the years of a particular century

the seventeen-hundreds

3. temperatures over 100: numbers over 100, particularly as a range of Fahrenheit temperatures

For three days the temperature was in the hundreds.

4. large numbers: unspecified large numbers

[ Old English< Indo-European]

hun·dred·fold adjective, adverb