[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/hundred/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [H](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/h/) / hundred # hundred number (a hundred, one hundred, two hundred); noun (hundred, hundreds) «hundred» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A hundred is the number 100, ten tens. A hundred is 100. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#m1) 2. Hundreds means many, a large number, without an exact count. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#m2) 3. The hundreds place is the third digit from the right in a whole number. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#m3) 4. A hundred per cent means all of something, or completely. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#m4) ### In the lessons In maths, a number word; also a place value (the hundreds digit); 100 cents make a dollar, 100 centimetres make a metre, 100 years make a century. In everyday life: «a hundred times» means very many times. In stories: «hundreds of stars». Phrases: «a hundred», «hundreds of», «one hundred per cent», «the hundreds place», «a hundred and one». ### Examples - The school has three hundred pupils. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x1) - A hundred cents make one dollar. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x2) - What digit is in the hundreds place of 452? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x3) - Hundreds of birds flew by. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x4) - There are 100 centimetres in a metre. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x5) - I've told you a hundred times to tidy your room! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x6) - She counted to a hundred during hide and seek. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x7) - He scored a hundred per cent on the spelling test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x8) - A century is a hundred years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x9) - 'Two hundred hussars, forward!' cried he. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/#x10) ### Note After a number, hundred has no -s: «three hundred», not «three hundreds»; but «hundreds of birds». British English says «a hundred and five», American often «a hundred five». Read «three hundred» as 300. Trap: «hundreds of» without a number means «many», not an exact amount; «the hundreds place» asks for a digit, not the value (in 452 the digit is 4, the value is 400). ## In Jewish tradition In maths, a number word; also a place value (the hundreds digit); 100 cents make a dollar, 100 centimetres make a metre, 100 years make a century. In everyday life: «a hundred times» means very many times. In stories: «hundreds of stars». Phrases: «a hundred», «hundreds of», «one hundred per cent», «the hundreds place», «a hundred and one». ### Examples - and thirty thousand and five hundred asses, (Torah NUM.31.45, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundred/#x1) - So Joseph died, being a hundred and ten years old. (Torah GEN.50.26, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundred/#x2) - And Seth lived a hundred and five years, and begot Enosh. (Torah GEN.5.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundred/#x3) - And he made a hundred basins of gold. (Writings 2CH.4.8, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundred/#x4) - The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. (Writings EZR.2.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundred/#x5) - The children of Jorah, a hundred and twelve. (Writings EZR.2.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundred/#x6) ### Note After a number, hundred has no -s: «three hundred», not «three hundreds»; but «hundreds of birds». British English says «a hundred and five», American often «a hundred five». Read «three hundred» as 300. Trap: «hundreds of» without a number means «many», not an exact amount; «the hundreds place» asks for a digit, not the value (in 452 the digit is 4, the value is 400). ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «hundred» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hundred/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hundred» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hundred.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «hundred» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/hundred/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«hundred» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/hundred.html) on Mova free.