five hundred
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Definition
Adjective:
- Denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units. It is the cardinal numeral for the number 500.
Noun:
- The cardinal number: The number that is the product of one hundred and five, represented as 500.
- A card game: A trick-taking card game for two to six players, similar to euchre or ecarte. In a common version, each player is dealt five cards, and the player who makes the trump suit must take at least three tricks to win the hand.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The charity aims to raise five hundred dollars.
- The ancient army was said to be five hundred men strong.
Noun (The number):
- The total came to five hundred.
- She scored five hundred points in the first round.
Noun (The card game):
- We played a few hands of five hundred after dinner.
- Do you know the rules for five hundred?
Advanced Usage
- "The five hundreds": Can refer to the range of numbers from 500 to 599.
- Temperatures are expected to be in the five hundreds this weekend.
- Used in historical or formal contexts to denote a group of 500.
- In ancient Rome, a century was a military unit of approximately one hundred men, while a cohort was five hundred.
Variants and Related Words
- 500: The numeric form.
- D: The Roman numeral for 500.
- Five-hundredth (adj & n): The ordinal form (500th) or one part of 500 equal parts.
Synonyms
- Half a thousand: A less common, descriptive synonym.
- A five-century note: Informal, referring to a 500-unit banknote (e.g., $500 bill).
Related Phrases
- Five hundred grand: Slang for five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000).
- The car cost him five hundred grand.
- The five hundred (500): Can refer to a specific, notable group of 500 people (e.g., "The Fortune 500" list of companies).
- She made it into the five hundred top scorers.
Adjective
- denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units
Noun
- a card game similar to ecarte; each player is dealt 5 cards and the player making trump must take 3 tricks to win a hand
- the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five