a+hundred+years

  • 51hundred — (n.) O.E. hundred the number of 100, a counting of 100, from W.Gmc. *hundrath (Cf. O.N. hundrað, Ger. hundert), first element is P.Gmc. *hunda hundred (Cf. Goth. hund, O.H.G. hunt), from PIE *kmtom hundred (Cf. Skt. satam, Avestan satem …

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  • 52not in a hundred years — not/never in a hundred, etc. ˈyears idiom (informal) used to emphasize that you will/would never do sth • I d never have thought of that in a million years. Main entry: ↑yearidiom …

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  • 53never in a hundred years — not/never in a hundred, etc. ˈyears idiom (informal) used to emphasize that you will/would never do sth • I d never have thought of that in a million years. Main entry: ↑yearidiom …

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  • 54hundred number — 1 100: a hundred years | two hundred miles 2 a hundred times many times: I ve told you a hundred times not to do that! 3 a hundred per cent spoken a) completely: I agree with you a hundred per cent. b) well: I m still not really feeling a hundred …

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  • 55hundred — hun|dred [ˈhʌndrıd] number, n plural hundred or hundreds [: Old English;] 1.) the number 100 ▪ The tree was probably a hundred years old. two/three/four etc hundred ▪ I make nine hundred dollars a week. ▪ a journey of 15 hundred miles hundreds of …

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  • 56Hundred-year wave — A hundred year wave is a statistically projected water wave, the height of which, on average, is met or exceeded once in a hundred years for a given location. The likelihood of this wave height being attained at least once in the hundred year… …

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  • 57hundred — /hun drid/, n., pl. hundreds, (as after a numeral) hundred, adj. n. 1. a cardinal number, ten times ten. 2. a symbol for this number, as 100 or C. 3. a set of this many persons or things: a hundred of the men. 4. hundreds, a number between 100… …

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  • 58hundred-year storm — noun A storm of such force that it occurs only once every one hundred years approximately …

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  • 59Hundred Days — This article is about Napoleon s last period of rule. For other uses, see Hundred Days (disambiguation). Hundred Days Part of the Napoleonic Wars …

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  • 60Hundred of Hoo Railway — The Hundred of Hoo Railway is a railway line in Kent, following the North Kent Line from Gravesend before diverging at Hoo Junction near Shorne Marshes and continuing in an easterly direction across the Hoo Peninsula, passing near the villages of …

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