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hundred-percent

hundred-percent is the alternative 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 hundred-percent

What is hundred-percent the alternative form of?
Hundred-percent is the alternative form of one hundred percent.

Words near hundred-percent in the dictionary

  1. hundred-dollar words
  2. hundred-handed
  3. hundred-legs
  4. hundred-millionth
  5. hundred-millionths
  6. hundred-percent
  7. hundred-something
  8. hundred-thousandaire
  9. hundred-thousandaires
  10. hundred-thousandfold
  11. hundred-thousandth

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