26984 words

hundred

7 definitions • 10 examples
1
the number 100:

Examples:

We've driven a/one hundred miles in the last two hours.
"How many children are there in the school?" "About three hundred."
2

Examples:

There were hundreds of people at the pool today.
3
numbers between 100 and 1,000:

Examples:

He expects the total amount to be in the low hundreds.
4
the years of a particular century:

Examples:

The house was built in the sixteen hundreds.
5
used to say the time using the 24-hour system, especially used in the military:

Examples:

Breakfast is at seven hundred hours.
6
100:

Examples:

We’ve driven a/one hundred miles in the last two hours.
This area of the coast is home to hundreds of bird species.
7
A/one hundred percent means completely:

Examples:

I agree with you a hundred percent.

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