plural hundreds or hundred
1
: a number equal to 10 times 10 see Table of Numbers
2
hundreds plural
a
: the numbers 100 to 999
b
: a great number
hundreds of times
3
: a 100-dollar bill
4
: a subdivision of some English and American counties
hundred
adjective
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- profusion
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of hundred in a Sentence
it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times
Recent Examples on the Web
The action would apply to a law Newsom signed last year to give hundreds of thousands of direct patient care providers — including nurses, physicians and medical residents — a path to a $25-per-hour minimum wage.
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Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
The defense motion was filed in February but was made public on Tuesday, along with hundreds of pages of documents from the investigation that were filed to the case docket in Florida.
—Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
The Venice Biennale may have lost much of its singular luster, now that hundreds of periodic surveys of new international art have joined the roster of what was the first — and, for decades after its 1895 founding, one of the few — of its kind.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
The Israeli offensive has also triggered a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, displacing roughly 80% of the population and leaving hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of starvation, according to U.N. officials.
—Josef Federman, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2024
In urban and suburban San Diego, James Hubbell created hundreds of public and private art installations.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions
The force will eventually grow to roughly 1,000 officers and hundreds of officers from several other countries, many of whom will arrive later in the summer.
—Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 20 May 2024
Even as human beings, there have been plenty of times throughout our history where figures have made some profound scientific discovery, and then it’s been lost for hundreds of years, only to be rediscovered.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
Two patients shared bacteria with identical genetic material even though their procedures happened in clinics hundreds of miles apart.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
Lindsey Holden, Sacramento Bee, 21 May 2024
The defense motion was filed in February but was made public on Tuesday, along with hundreds of pages of documents from the investigation that were filed to the case docket in Florida.
—Eric Tucker, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
The Venice Biennale may have lost much of its singular luster, now that hundreds of periodic surveys of new international art have joined the roster of what was the first — and, for decades after its 1895 founding, one of the few — of its kind.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
The Israeli offensive has also triggered a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, displacing roughly 80% of the population and leaving hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of starvation, according to U.N. officials.
—Josef Federman, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2024
In urban and suburban San Diego, James Hubbell created hundreds of public and private art installations.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2024
Iran's President Raisi dead in helicopter crash, former foreign minister blames US sanctions
The force will eventually grow to roughly 1,000 officers and hundreds of officers from several other countries, many of whom will arrive later in the summer.
—Aicha El Hammar Castano, ABC News, 20 May 2024
Even as human beings, there have been plenty of times throughout our history where figures have made some profound scientific discovery, and then it’s been lost for hundreds of years, only to be rediscovered.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
Two patients shared bacteria with identical genetic material even though their procedures happened in clinics hundreds of miles apart.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 9 May 2024
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundred. Accessed 24 May. 2024.
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