hundred
Plural: hundreds
Noun
- The number equivalent to ten times ten; 100.
- ten 10s
- A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
- An administrative subdivision of southern English counties formerly reckoned as comprising 100 hides (households or families) and notionally equal to 12,000 acres.
- Similar divisions in other areas, particularly in other areas of Britain or the British Empire
- A score of one hundred runs or more scored by a batsman.
Adjective Satellite
- being ten more than ninety
Num
- A numerical value equal to 100 (10²), occurring after ninety-nine.
- The pronunciation of “00” for the two digits denoting the minutes.
Examples
- A few hundred pounds' worth of chicken and serveral dozen eggs.
- a/one hundred
- He made a hundred in the historic match.
- hundreds of thousands of faces.
- Scoring a hundred points in a single Words With Friends turn is always a thrill.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.
Synonyms
100, C, c, century, one C, one hundred, Franklin, barony, c-note, cent, centenary, centuplet, commote, fivescore, rape, riding, short hundred, teenty, wapentake, yard
Scrabble Score: 12
hundred: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhundred: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hundred: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary