noun

hundreds

hundreds

Hundreds of people came to the event.

Hundreds of people came to the event.

It cost hundreds of dollars.

It cost hundreds of dollars.

hundreds of ((sth.)) a large number of (sth.) Hundreds of birds flew overhead.

Synonyms: thousands, millions, scores, dozens

From Old English 'hundred' plus the plural '-s'. It signifies an indefinite large number, literally 'collections of a hundred'.

Think of multiple groups of 100, not just the single number. It emphasizes a large quantity.

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