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
If that 35% gap cannot be bridged, if the bills cannot be paid, city and state legislators will settle any debts with potentially hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars.
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
The church anticipated hundreds of lawsuits to be brought, following the release of a state attorney general’s report finding that 156 clergy and other church employees tormented more than 600 children and young adults, dating to the 1940s.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024
Think of what Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure had done by offering critical, yet accessible tools for developers to build scalable applications that could reach hundreds of millions, if not billions of people.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee, a group that has invested more than $400 million in hundreds of clean transportation initiatives to reduce automotive air pollution in the region, is spearheading the project.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2024
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David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2024
The church anticipated hundreds of lawsuits to be brought, following the release of a state attorney general’s report finding that 156 clergy and other church employees tormented more than 600 children and young adults, dating to the 1940s.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2024
Think of what Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Azure had done by offering critical, yet accessible tools for developers to build scalable applications that could reach hundreds of millions, if not billions of people.
—Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 8 July 2024
The Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee, a group that has invested more than $400 million in hundreds of clean transportation initiatives to reduce automotive air pollution in the region, is spearheading the project.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2024
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“Hundred.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hundred. Accessed 14 Jul. 2024.
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