hundred ***** hun·dred

hundred ***** hun·dred
['hʌndrɪd]
1. adj
cento inv

about a hundred people — un centinaio di persone

three hundred boys and five hundred girls — trecento ragazzi e cinquecento ragazze

a hundred and one — centouno

hundred and first — centounesimo (-a)

I'm a hundred per cent sure — sono sicuro (-a) al cento per cento

2. n
cento m inv

to live to be a hundred — vivere fino all'età di cent'anni, (less exactly) diventare centenario (-a)

hundreds of people — centinaia fpl di persone

they came in their hundreds — sono arrivati a centinaia


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  • hun|dred|or — hun|dred|er or hun|dred|or «HUHN druh duhr», noun. 1. the chief officer, or bailiff, of a hundred. 2. an inhabitant of a hundred, especially one liable to service on a jury …   Useful english dictionary

  • hun|dred|er — or hun|dred|or «HUHN druh duhr», noun. 1. the chief officer, or bailiff, of a hundred. 2. an inhabitant of a hundred, especially one liable to service on a jury …   Useful english dictionary

  • hun|dred — «HUHN druhd», noun, plural dreds or (as after a numeral) dred, adjective. –n. 1. ten times ten; 100. There are one hundred cents in a dollar. 2. a large number: »hundreds of uses. 3. a division of an English county. 4. a similar division in… …   Useful english dictionary

  • hun|dred|al — «HUHN druh duhl», adjective. of or having to do with a hundred (county division) …   Useful english dictionary

  • hun|dred|fold — «HUHN druhd FOHLD», adjective, adverb, noun. a hundred times as much or as many …   Useful english dictionary

  • hundred — hun|dred1 [ hʌndrəd ] number ** 1. ) the number 100 2. ) hundreds or a hundred a very large number or amount of people or things: We received hundreds of applications for the job. a/one hundred percent completely: I m not a hundred percent… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • Hundred — Hun dred (h[u^]n dr[e^]d), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga ra[thorn]jan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt, Icel.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hundred court — Hundred Hun dred (h[u^]n dr[e^]d), n. [OE. hundred, AS. hundred a territorial division; hund hundred + a word akin to Goth. ga ra[thorn]jan to count, L. ratio reckoning, account; akin to OS. hunderod, hund, D. hondred, G. hundert, OHG. also hunt …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hundred — Hun dred, a. Ten times ten; five score; as, a hundred dollars. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hundred — hun•dred [[t]ˈhʌn drɪd[/t]] n. pl. dreds, (as after a numeral) dred, 1) a cardinal number, ten times ten 2) a symbol for this number, as 100 or C 3) a set of this many persons or things 4) cvb hundreds a) a number between 100 and 999, as in… …   From formal English to slang

  • hundred — hun|dred [ˈhʌndrıd] number, n plural hundred or hundreds [: Old English;] 1.) the number 100 ▪ The tree was probably a hundred years old. two/three/four etc hundred ▪ I make nine hundred dollars a week. ▪ a journey of 15 hundred miles hundreds of …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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