hundred

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Definition

  1. noun ten 10s
  2. adjective being ten more than ninety

Etymology

From Middle English hundred, from Old English hundred, from Proto-Germanic *hundaradą, from *hundą (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm) + *radą (“count”), a neuter variant of *radō (“row, line, series”). Compare West Frisian hûndert, Dutch honderd, Low German hunnert, hunnerd, German Hundert, Danish hundred.

In classic literature

Synonyms

100, C, century, one C

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