hun ‧ dred /ˈhʌndrəd, ˈhʌndrɪd/ BrE AmE number , noun ( plural hundred or hundreds )
[ Language: 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 people/years/pounds etc
Hundreds of people were reported killed or wounded.
2 . a very large number of things or people
a hundred
They’ve had this argument a hundred times before.
hundreds of something
He’s had hundreds of girlfriends.
3 . a/one hundred percent spoken
a) completely:
I’m not a hundred percent sure where she lives.
b) British English completely well:
I’m still not really feeling a hundred percent.
4 . give a hundred percent ( also give a hundred and ten percent ) to do everything you can in order to achieve something:
Everyone on the team gave a hundred percent.
5 . [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth 100 dollars or 100 pounds
—hundredth adjective :
her hundredth birthday
—hundredth noun [countable]