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
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
The heatwave comes just days after some areas outside of Houston saw rain as high as 23 inches, which resulted in hundreds of people in need of rescue and at least one death.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Every May through November, giant manta rays come to feed, amassing by the hundreds, doing somersaults to catch plankton in their open mouths while snorkelers watch on in awe.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
Five days after the first crackdown at Columbia, hundreds were arrested at a Passover celebration organized by antiwar Jewish groups near the Brooklyn home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
The docu-series is based on reporting by Scott Johnson, whose articles for The Hollywood Reporter since 2018 raised public awareness of the scam and prompted hundreds of victims to come forward.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 8 May 2024
The coordinated campaign has also been taking place on Telegram, where Russian influencers with hundreds of thousands of subscribers have been amplifying content related to the protests.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 8 May 2024
Moulton and her colleagues set out to study the financial setbacks that followed the deaths of partners over age 50 in the pandemic, which widowed hundreds of thousands of older Americans.
—USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
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
The heatwave comes just days after some areas outside of Houston saw rain as high as 23 inches, which resulted in hundreds of people in need of rescue and at least one death.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Every May through November, giant manta rays come to feed, amassing by the hundreds, doing somersaults to catch plankton in their open mouths while snorkelers watch on in awe.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 9 May 2024
Five days after the first crackdown at Columbia, hundreds were arrested at a Passover celebration organized by antiwar Jewish groups near the Brooklyn home of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
—Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
The docu-series is based on reporting by Scott Johnson, whose articles for The Hollywood Reporter since 2018 raised public awareness of the scam and prompted hundreds of victims to come forward.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 8 May 2024
The coordinated campaign has also been taking place on Telegram, where Russian influencers with hundreds of thousands of subscribers have been amplifying content related to the protests.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 8 May 2024
Moulton and her colleagues set out to study the financial setbacks that followed the deaths of partners over age 50 in the pandemic, which widowed hundreds of thousands of older Americans.
—USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundred. Accessed 12 May. 2024.
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