hundred
ten 10s
How often you will meet it
Rank 341 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 60,102 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.029% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- ten 10s also: 100, C, century, one C
adjective
- being ten more than ninety also: one hundred, 100, c
hundred in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And still the three hundred stood packed, waiting--thinning a little, but so little.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He saw the cataract of the Golden River springing from the hillside, scarcely five hundred feet above him.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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There were counted six thousand six hundred and sixty-six in the body of a woman whom Fortunatus delivered.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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He sat with the other new-comers, staring, open-eyed, at nearly six hundred boys, big and small, assembled together in the Speech-room.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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The white man, however, brought suit, obtained judgment for the hundred dollars and Biscoe's farm was sold to pay the judgment.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1