hundred
Speech parts
1. hundred - Noun
2. hundred - Adjective
3. hundred - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
The product of ten mulitplied by ten, or the number of ten times ten; a collection or sum, consisting of ten times ten units or objects; five score. Also, a symbol representing one hundred units, as 100 or C.
A division of a country in England, supposed to have originally contained a hundred families, or freemen.
Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars.
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A building meant for 20 people is now housing over a hundred people,” he said, adding that most foreigners are really not happy with their quality of life here.
Aang was merely one of several hundred - if not thousands - of airbendering Avatars.
About eight hundred more personnel of the Nigeria Police Force have been deployed to Zamfara state to maintain law and order and ensure the people of the state are not disturbed by bandits.
About twenty-four hundred years ago, the Greek philosopher Plato came up with the idea constructing the state and society according to an elaborate plan.
About three hundred people were killed in the explosion, which showered marble fragments over nearby Turkish defenders and caused large fires that burned until the following day and consumed many homes.
2 Chronicles 1 14 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem.