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HUNDR-uh-d/ˈhʌndrəd/

The number 100 is a hundred — English likes a (or one) before it: a hundred pages, not usually “hundred pages.” Two hundred has no s. Hundreds of means a very large number, later grammar. After ninety-nine.

Meaning

The number 100.

Examples

• “There are a hundred pages.”
• “A hundred people waited outside.”
• “The book has two hundred pages.”

Good to know

a hundred / one hundred. two hundred (no s). Number 100.

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