hundred

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhʌndrəd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhʌndrɪd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hundrid)

Inflections of 'hundred' (n):
hundreds
npl (Used without preceding number––e.g. "There were hundreds of people present.")
hundred
npl (Used after a number––e.g. "There are three hundred of them.")
WordReference Collins English Usage © 2025
hundred
A hundred or one hundred is the number 100.
Numbers and fractions
You can say that there are a hundred things or one hundred things.
She must have had a hundred pairs of shoes at least.
The group claimed the support of over one hundred MPs.
Be careful
Don't say that there are ‘hundred’ things.
Don't add ‘-s’ to the word hundred when you put another number in front of it.
There are more than two hundred languages spoken in Nigeria.
For numbers greater than 100, most speakers add and before pronouncing the second part of the number, but speakers of American English sometimes leave out the and. For example, 370 is expressed as three hundred and seventy in British English and sometimes as three hundred seventy in American English.
He got nine hundred and eighty-three votes.
Eduardo won a hundred fifty dollars.
'hundred' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Forum discussions with the word(s) "hundred" in the title:

  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!