transcription, транскрипция: [ hʌndrəd ]
( hundreds)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: The plural form is 'hundred' after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as ‘several’ or ‘a few’.
1.
A hundred or one hundred is the number 100.
According to one official more than a hundred people have been arrested.
NUM : usu a / num NUM
2.
If you refer to hundreds of things or people, you are emphasizing that there are very many of them.
Hundreds of tree species face extinction...
QUANT : QUANT of pl-n [ emphasis ]
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You can also use hundreds as a pronoun.
Hundreds have been killed in the fighting and thousands made homeless.
PRON
3.
You can use a hundred per cent or one hundred per cent to emphasize that you agree completely with something or that it is completely right or wrong. ( INFORMAL )
Are you a hundred per cent sure it’s your neighbour?...
= absolutely
PHRASE : PHR adj , PHR after v [ emphasis ]