🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

수백

Pronunciation / Transliteration: subaek

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Hundreds/ˈhʌn.drədz/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"콘서트에 수백 명이 참석했습니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The number equal to 100 multiplied by an integer.

    "There were hundreds of people at the concert last night."
  2. 2

    A large but unspecified number.

    "She has hundreds of books in her library."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'hundreds' originates from the Old English 'hundred', which is derived from Proto-Germanic *hundwurtiz. The term has evolved over centuries, maintaining its numerical significance while also expanding into various idiomatic expressions in modern English.

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