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99 percent

99 percent determiner: almost all.

Determiner

99 percent

  1. Almost all.

Adverb

99 percent (not comparable)

  1. Almost completely, almost totally.
    • Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him.
      Jen: You... you said you were 99% sure.
      Roy: I'm 97% sure it was him.2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1
    • I'm 99 percent certain.

Noun

99 percent (uncountable)

  1. (collective) Those who are not part of the ultrarich.
    • We are the 99 percent!
    • Feminists for the 99 percent do not operate in isolation from other movements of resistance and rebellion.2019, Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya, Feminism for the 99 Percent, →ISBN, page 54
    Antonyms:
    one-percenter

Synonyms of 99 percent

Antonyms

Forms of 99 percent

alternative form99%

Questions about 99 percent

What does 99 percent mean?
99 percent means almost all.
What part of speech is 99 percent?
99 percent can be a determiner, an adverb or a noun.

Words near 99 percent in the dictionary

  1. 97th
  2. 988
  3. 988twt
  4. 98th
  5. 99
  6. 99 percent
  7. 99 problems
  8. 99%
  9. 99.9 percent
  10. 99.99 percent
  11. 990

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