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100 percent

100 percent adjective: complete, entire, whole.

Adjective

100 percent (not comparable)

  1. complete, entire, whole
    • We are willing to provide 100 percent mortgages.
    • He has a 100 percent record of success.
  2. (colloquial) Wholly sure; confident in one's knowledge.
    • I'm not 100 percent on that question.

Adverb

100 percent (not comparable)

  1. Completely, entirely, wholly.
    • I can assure you the we are 100 percent with you in this matter.
    • Many retailers are now offering 100 percent natural products.
  2. Completely well.
    • “It’s obvious that to feel 100 percent you need matches,” Nadal said. “I didn’t compete for the last six months, so for me, the first goal is to go on court and feel myself competitive. That’s a good test, without great expectations.”2020 September 25, Cindy Schmerler, “Rafael Nadal Goes for No. 13 in France”, in The New York Times

Interjection

  1. (South Africa, slang) excellent, wonderful, magnificent
    • Your parcel has arrived. / Ah, 100 percent!

Forms of 100 percent

alternative form100%
alternative formone hundred percent
alternative formone hundred per cent
alternative forma hundred percent
alternative formhundo P

Questions about 100 percent

What does 100 percent mean?
100 percent means complete, entire, whole.
What part of speech is 100 percent?
100 percent can be an adjective, an adverb or an interjection.

Words near 100 percent in the dictionary

  1. 100
  2. 100 meter dash
  3. 100 meter dashes
  4. 100 meters
  5. 100 metres
  6. 100 percent
  7. 100%
  8. 100's
  9. 100-gon
  10. 100-gons
  11. 100-meter dash

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