hun·dred
| \ ˈhən-drəd
, -dərd \
, -dərd \
plural hundreds or hundred
Definition of 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
Other Words from hundred
hundred
adjective
hundredfold
\
ˈhən-drəd-ˌfōld
, -dərd-
\
adjective or adverb
, -dərd-
\
adjective or adverb
hundredth
\
ˈhən-drədth
, -drətth
\
adjective or noun
, -drətth
\
adjective or noun
Synonyms & Antonyms for hundred
Synonyms
- abundance,
- barrel,
- basketful,
- boatload,
- bucket,
- bunch,
- bundle,
- bushel,
- carload,
- chunk,
- deal,
- dozen,
- fistful,
- gobs,
- good deal,
- heap,
- lashings
- (also lashins)
- [chiefly British],
- 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
Antonyms
- ace,
- bit,
- dab,
- dram,
- driblet,
- glimmer,
- handful,
- hint,
- lick,
- little,
- mite,
- mouthful,
- nip,
- ounce,
- peanuts,
- pinch,
- pittance,
- scruple,
- shade,
- shadow,
- smidgen
- (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge),
- speck,
- spot,
- sprinkle,
- sprinkling,
- strain,
- streak,
- suspicion,
- tad,
- taste,
- touch,
- trace
Examples of hundred in a Sentence
it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times
Recent Examples on the Web
Celebrities like John Boyega have spoken out against the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis by a police officer just as hundreds are protesting in the city and around the country.
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Omar Sanchez, EW.com, 29 May 2020
On June 30 — the date when most contracts in European soccer expire — hundreds, if not thousands, of players will be out of work.
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Rory Smith, New York Times, 11 May 2020
Men’s professional soccer is the world’s most popular sport; many of the players on the U.S. men’s team make hundreds of thousands, and even millions, playing for their club teams.
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Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 4 May 2020
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of models that promise to do effectively the same thing: bag fish.
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Outdoor Life, 27 Apr. 2020
Days before at a larger protest in Raleigh hundreds gathered to speak out against Gov. Roy Cooper’s extension of the stay-at-home order until May 8.
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Fox News, 1 May 2020
Arab states, Israel, and Turkey have issued nighttime curfews starting before or just after sunset to prevent citizens from forming their own public late night tarawih prayers, gatherings that could reach the hundreds to thousands.
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Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Apr. 2020
The Fourth Circuit ruling giving the National Park Service control of Forest Service land hundreds feet under the trail is as fantastical as the Dr. Seuss character.
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WSJ, 4 Mar. 2020
Across the United States, even as coronavirus deaths are being recorded in terrifying numbers — many hundreds each day — the true death toll is likely much higher.
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Sarah Kliff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2020
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More Definitions for hundred
hundred
noun
English Language Learners Definition of hundred
: the number 100
: an amount that is more than 200
—used to refer to a specified century
See the full definition for hundred in the English Language Learners Dictionary
hundred
noun
hun·dred
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Kids Definition of hundred
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: ten times ten : 100
2
: a very large number
He walked this route hundreds of times.
hundred
adjectiveKids Definition of hundred (Entry 2 of 2)
: being 100
a hundred years
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