—n. (pl. hundreds or (in sense 1) hundred) (in sing., prec. by a or one)
1 the product of ten and ten.
2 a symbol for this (100, c, C).
3 a set of a hundred things.
4 (in sing. or pl.) colloq. a large number.
5 (in pl.) the years of a specified century (the seventeen hundreds).
6 Brit. hist. a subdivision of a county or shire, having its own court.
—adj.
1 that amount to a hundred.
2 used to express whole hours in the 24-hour system (thirteen hundred hours).
Phrases and idioms:
a (or one) hundred per cent adv. entirely, completely.
—adj.
1 entire, complete.
2 (usu. with neg.) fully recovered. hundreds and thousands tiny coloured sweets used chiefly for decorating cakes etc.
Derivatives:
hundredfold adj. & adv. hundredth adj. & n.
Etymology: OE f. Gmc
Useful english dictionary. 2012.