hundred
//ˈhʌndrəd//
numeral
1
The cardinal number equal to ten times ten; 100.
There are one hundred students in the school.
Synonym
Noun
hundredSingular
hundredsPlural
1
A group or set of one hundred things or people.
The eggs are packed in hundreds.
2
A large but unspecified number; hundreds of something.
Hundreds of people came to the festival.
3
A historical administrative division in England, originally supposed to contain one hundred households.
The hundred was an important unit of local government in medieval England.