hundredth
/ˈhʌndrədθ/ordinal number
उच्चारण हन्ड्रड्थ
सौवाँ
Core word
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100th; coming after 99 other people or things in a series
सौवाँ
- the school's hundredth anniversary
- Radhika celebrated her grandmother's hundredth birthday.
- The hundredth customer of the day received a small gift.
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- It was his hundredth Test match for India.
- The town is preparing to celebrate its hundredth anniversary of the fair.
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[C]
each of one hundred equal parts of something
सौवाँ भाग
- a hundredth of a second
- She won the race by three hundredths of a second.
- The stopwatch measures time to a hundredth of a second.
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- Only a hundredth of the budget was left after the repairs.
- The runners were separated by a few hundredths of a second.
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the hundredth + noun
As an ordinal number, hundredth shows position 100 in a series; it takes the before the noun.
Ordinal संख्या के रूप में 'hundredth' श्रृंखला में सौवें स्थान को बताता है; noun से पहले 'the' आता है।
- Today is the hundredth day of the course.
- She came hundredth in the race.
a hundredth (of sth) (fraction)
As a noun, a hundredth is one of a hundred equal parts. It is often followed by of and used in decimals and measurements.
Noun के रूप में 'a hundredth' सौ बराबर भागों में से एक है। इसके बाद प्रायः 'of' आता है और यह दशमलव तथा माप में प्रयुक्त होता है।
- He won the race by a hundredth of a second.
- One paisa is a hundredth of a rupee.
hundredth anniversary / birth anniversary
Hundredth is common in phrases about anniversaries and milestones, often written with figures: 100th.
'Hundredth' वर्षगांठ और मील के पत्थरों वाले phrases में आम है, जिसे अंकों में '100th' भी लिखा जाता है।
- The school celebrated its hundredth anniversary.
- We marked the hundredth birth anniversary of the poet.
hundredth + of an inch/second
In sport and science, hundredth of a second or of a centimetre shows very small differences.
खेल और विज्ञान में 'hundredth of a second' या 'of a centimetre' बहुत छोटे अंतर को दिखाता है।
- The sprinter lost by one hundredth of a second.
the hundredth time
The hundredth time is used informally for something repeated so often that it is tiresome.
'The hundredth time' का प्रयोग बोलचाल में किसी बात के इतनी बार दोहराए जाने के लिए होता है कि वह उबाऊ हो जाए।
- I am telling you for the hundredth time to shut the door.
- For the hundredth time, the bus was late.
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hundredth + noun
anniversarydaymatchbirthdayyear
- Cricketers wait for their hundredth Test match with pride.
fraction + hundredth
onethreeatwoseveral
- The measurement is accurate to one hundredth of a gram.
verb + hundredth
reachcelebratemarkcompletescore
- The team will celebrate its hundredth win next week.
hundredth + preposition
of a secondof a markof a rupeein linein the series
- She finished with a gap of a hundredth of a second.
ordinal words like hundredth
fiftieththousandthmillionthninety-ninthhundred and first
- After the ninety-ninth, the hundredth page came as a relief.
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- The hundredth page of the novel contains the main twist.
उपन्यास के सौवें पृष्ठ में मुख्य मोड़ है।
- Rohan scored his hundredth run in the final over.
रोहन ने अंतिम ओवर में अपना सौवाँ रन बनाया।
- A paisa is a hundredth part of a rupee.
एक पैसा रुपये का सौवाँ भाग है।
- The college organised a function for its hundredth year.
कॉलेज ने अपने सौवें वर्ष पर एक समारोह आयोजित किया।
- Radhika was the hundredth student to submit the form.
राधिका फ़ॉर्म जमा करने वाली सौवीं विद्यार्थी थी।
- The hundredth Test of his career was played at Wankhede.
उसके करियर का सौवाँ टेस्ट वानखेड़े में खेला गया।
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✗ She was the hundred student in the queue.
✓ She was the hundredth student in the queue.
A position in a series needs the ordinal hundredth, not the cardinal hundred.
श्रृंखला में स्थान बताने के लिए ordinal 'hundredth' चाहिए, cardinal 'hundred' नहीं।