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About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.
Adam Kinzinger

Meaning of "hundreds and thousands" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS

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Hundreds and thousands is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

hundreds and thousands

Sprinkles

Sprinkles are very small pieces of confectionery used as a decoration or to add texture to desserts—typically cupcakes, cookies, doughnuts, ice cream, frozen yogurt, some puddings, and in the Netherlands, sandwiches or bread. The candies, which are produced in a variety of colors, are usually too small to be eaten individually, and are therefore generally used as a topping or a decorative element.

Definition of hundreds and thousands in the English dictionary

The definition of hundreds and thousands in the dictionary is tiny beads of brightly coloured sugar, used in decorating cakes, sweets, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS

hunchbacked
hunched
hundred
hundred days
Hundred Years´ War
hundred-percenter
hundred-percentism
hundred-year-old
hundreder
hundredfold
hundreds
hundredth
hundredweight
hung
Hung Hsiu-ch´uan
hung jury
hung over
hung parliament
hung up
hung up on

WORDS THAT END LIKE HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS

bands
British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
hands
in good hands
Islands
lands
Marshall Islands
mother-of-thousands
Netherlands
sands
shifting sands
Solomon Islands
the Netherlands
thousands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Synonyms and antonyms of hundreds and thousands in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «hundreds and thousands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS

Find out the translation of hundreds and thousands to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of hundreds and thousands from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «hundreds and thousands» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

数以十万计
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cientos y miles
570 millions of speakers

English

hundreds and thousands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सैकड़ों और हजारों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مئات وآلاف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сотни и тысячи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

centenas e milhares
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শত শত এবং হাজারো
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

des centaines et des milliers
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beratus-ratus dan beribu-ribu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hunderte und Tausende
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

数百、数千人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수백, 수천
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Atusan lan ewu
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hàng trăm và hàng ngàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நூற்றுக்கணக்கான மற்றும் ஆயிரக்கணக்கானவர்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शेकडो आणि हजारो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yüz binlerce
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centinaia e migliaia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

setki i tysiące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сотні і тисячі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sute și mii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εκατοντάδες και χιλιάδες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

honderde en duisende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

hundratals och tusentals
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

hundrevis og tusenvis
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about hundreds and thousands

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2 QUOTES WITH «HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word hundreds and thousands.
1
Adam Kinzinger
About 70 percent of the district was new. It was a short amount of time to get to know hundreds and thousands of people. But with the help and support of old friends, we built a grassroots operation organically from the ground up.
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Joe Taslim
Becoming a coach has to be in your blood. There are hundreds and thousands of former athletes out there, but there are maybe only 10 people who want to dedicate their lives by taking on a job as a coach. Not only a master, a coach should also be a brother or sister to his apprentices.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS»

Discover the use of hundreds and thousands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to hundreds and thousands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carr
FIRST PUBLISHED IN 1966, after the legendary artist and writer Emily Carr died in 1945, Hundreds and Thousands consists of her journals from 1927 to 1941.
Emily Carr, Gerta Moray, 2006
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Quick and Easy Novelty Cakes: 35 Imaginative Cakes for All ...
If you can't get hold of 'hundreds and thousands' (rainbow nonpareils) for the path . use coloured sugar instead. PONY CAKE A bright. bold eye-catching cake for horse-mad kids. CHILDREN'S CAKES INGREDIENTS 2 x 15 cm (6 in) square ...
Carol Deacon, 2012
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The Connecticut Common School Journal and Annals of Education
3x4=12+31=43, that is 3 tens, 4 hundreds. 3. Units multiplied by hundreds give hundreds, or hundreds and thousands, and hundreds multiplied by units, give the same ; and tens multiplied by tens, give the same. As 5x5=25-{-4 (carried) =29.
‎1842
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executive documents
A similar square hole is cut through the outer circular plate, and discloses another set of numbers to indicate hundreds and thousands on a second graduated circle beneath. This second concealed circle, instead of being fixed like the before ...
‎1850
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Congressional Edition
A similar square hole is cut through the outer circular plate, and discloses another set of numbers to indicate hundreds and thousands on a second graduated circle beneath. This second concealed circle, instead of being fixed like the before ...
‎1850
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Report of the Commissioner of Patents
A similar square hole is cut through the outer circular plate, and discloses another set of numbers to indicate hundreds and thousands on a second graduated circle beneath. This second concealed circle, instead of being fixed like the before ...
United States. Patent Office, 1850
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Commissioner of Patents Annual Report
A similar square hole is cut through the outer circular plate, and discloses another set of numbers to indicate hundreds and thousands on a second graduated circle beneath. This second concealed circle, instead of being fixed like the before ...
United States. Patent Office, 1850
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Connecticut Common School Journal
... hundreds and thousands, and hundreds multiplied by units, give the same ; and tens multiplied by tens, give the same. As 5x5=25+4 (carried) =29. 3 x 3=9+ 29=38. 6 x 4=24+38=62, that is 2 hundreds, 6 thousands. 4. Tens multiplied by ...
‎1842
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Elements of Arithmetic and Algebra: For the Use of the Royal ...
Therefore the square of the tens, represented by 6*x 100, gives zeros to the units and tens of the power, and significant figures to the hundreds and thousands or to the hundreds only. The significant figures of the square of the tens cannot, ...
William Scott, 1844
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The Calcutta Review
whole nameles and countless brood of miasmata and malaria and other concentrated sources or germinating essences of plague and pestilence. Think of them, in hundreds and thousands, not merely without the means of personal or ...
‎1846

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term hundreds and thousands is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hillary Clinton sounds the alarm on meteorites - Nick Gass - POLITICO
And in the years since, hundreds and thousands of jobs have been created and many millions of dollars have been generated for our economy ... «Politico, Jul 15»
2
What access does public have to historic Broward County-bought …
West said Nova Southeastern University has spent hundreds and thousands to renovate a pool for a sea turtle exhibit. West said it takes time to ... «Local 10, Jul 15»
3
Chef Steps show you how to bake a cake, cook a Full English and …
... sprinkles of hundreds and thousands stirred into the batter and and topped off with frosting and even more hundreds and thousands on top. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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'Beyond one planning disaster, students are fantastic for Coventry …
Hundreds and thousands of students living on the edge of the shopping areas making it vibrant and viable. Money follows money and the ... «Coventry Telegraph, Jul 15»
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I could be laughing, falling in love, horrified or ecstatic but all of …
For the past five years I have struggled with a constant sinking feeling, like I have been walking in a dark alleyway for hundreds and thousands ... «DAWN.com, Jul 15»
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Netanyahu's so-called 'settlement freeze' - Al-Monitor: the Pulse of …
... don't let us build,' yet somehow, though ostensibly without being allowed to build, they went from zero to hundreds and thousands of homes. «Al-Monitor, Jul 15»
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Community support prompts pride, gratitude - Orchard Park Bee
... such dedicated businesses in our community supporting our events by sponsoring hundreds and thousands of dollars and asking for nothing ... «Bee news.com, Jul 15»
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LankaWeb – Unnatural death of an Elephant every second day …
The human – elephant conflict took an adversely sharp turn with the advent of the accelerated Mahaveli scheme. Hundreds and thousands of ... «Lankaweb, Jul 15»
9
Iran filling the gaps - Daily Sabah
Artwork, worth anywhere up to hundreds and thousands of dollars, sell like hot cakes. We witnessed this when we visited an art gallery in Iran. «Daily Sabah, Jul 15»
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allAfrica.com: Africa: Graduation Miniskirts - Civilization Or....?
That is why, parents do dare spend hundreds and thousands of birr for graduation ceremony. With some rare exceptions there is no single ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

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