Hundred Definition
hŭndrĭd
hundreds
noun
hundreds
The cardinal number next above ninety-nine; ten times ten; 100; C.
Webster's New World
The cardinal number equal to 10 × 10 or 102 .
American Heritage
The number in the third position left of the decimal point in an Arabic numeral.
American Heritage
A former division of an English county: orig., probably, 100 hides of land.
Webster's New World
A similar division in the early U.S., now only in Delaware.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- one-c
- century
- c
- 100
- centenarian
- five score
- ten tens
adjective
Ten times ten.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Hundred
Noun
Singular:
hundred
Plural:
hundredsOrigin of Hundred
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From Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English dekm̥ in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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