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a hundred percent

a hundred percent is the rare form of one hundred percent.

Meaning of one hundred percent

Adjective

one hundred percent (not comparable)

  1. Complete, entire, whole, perfect.
    • We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages.
  2. 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...2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian
  3. Well, good, okay.
    • I'm not feeling one hundred percent today.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one hundred, percent.
    • Our new recruits represent a one hundred percent increase in membership.
    Synonyms:
    cent percent

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Questions about a hundred percent

What is a hundred percent the rare form of?
A hundred percent is the rare form of one hundred percent.

Words near a hundred percent in the dictionary

  1. a hoot and a holler
  2. a horse apiece
  3. a house divided against itself cannot stand
  4. a house is not a home
  5. a hundred and ten percent
  6. a hundred percent
  7. a hungry man is an angry man
  8. a into g
  9. a jour
  10. a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
  11. a kangaroo loose in the top paddock

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