number (plural verb)
1 100
HELPNOTE You say a, one, two, several, etc. hundred without a final 's' on 'hundred'. Hundreds (of...) can be used if there is no number or quantity before it. Always use a plural verb with hundred or hundreds.:
One hundred (of the children) have already been placed with foster families. * There were just a hundred of them there. * This vase is worth several hundred dollars. * She must be over a hundred (= a hundred years old). * Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk. * a hundred-year lease
2 a hundred or hundreds (of...) (usually informal) a large amount:
hundreds of miles away * for hundreds of years * If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times. * I have a hundred and one things to do. * (formal) Men died in their hundreds.
3 (the hundreds) [pl.] the numbers from 100 to 999:
We're talking about a figure in the low hundreds.
4 (the...hundreds) [pl.] (spoken) the years of a particular century:
the early nineteen hundreds (= written 'early 1900s')
5 one, two, three, etc. ~ hours (spoken) used to express whole hours in the 24-hour system:
twelve hundred hours (= 12.00, midday)
IDIOMS see NINETY
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