one hundred percent en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(not-comparable) Complete, entire, whole, perfect.
He has a one hundred percent record of success.
We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages.
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(not-comparable) Completely sure.
And did Nixon ever cover up a tattoo of the name of a second ex-husband with what has been described as "a fiery phoenix" to represent why one should never be tattooed with the name of one's spouse, particularly if he was a former drug dealer – oh, no, I mean, "to represent rising from the ashes and starting a new beginning", as Katona has explained? Again, one cannot be 100% on this, but it does seem unlikely.
2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian:
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(not-comparable) Well, good, okay.
I'm not feeling one hundred percent today.
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(not-comparable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one hundred, percent.
Our new recruits represent a one hundred percent increase in membership.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| one hundred per cent | alternative | lexicographic | |
| a hundred percent | alternative | lexicographic | |
| 100% | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hundo P | alternative | lexicographic | |
| 100 percent | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
💯 · ten-tenths · keep it one hundred
Synonyms
Translations (19)
cmn 百分之百 (complete, total) · ja 百パーセント (complete, total) · ro de o sută de procente (complete, total) · ko 100% (complete, total) · pt cem por cento (complete, total) · fr cent pour cent (complete, total) · fa صددرصد (complete, total) · pl na sto procent (complete, total) · ko 백 퍼센트 (complete, total) · hu százszázalékos (complete, total) · pl stuprocentowy (complete, total) · ja 100% (complete, total) · fi sataprosenttinen (complete, total) · uk стовідсо́тко́вий (complete, total) · ru стопроце́нтный (complete, total) · uk стопроце́нтний (complete, total) · de hundertprozentig (complete, total) · fr 100 % (complete, total) · tr yüzde yüz (complete, total)