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one hundred per cent

one hundred per cent 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 one hundred per cent

What is one hundred per cent the alternative form of?
One hundred per cent is the alternative form of one hundred percent.

Words near one hundred per cent in the dictionary

  1. one hit wonder
  2. one hit wonders
  3. one hundred
  4. one hundred and one
  5. one hundred million
  6. one hundred per cent
  7. one hundred percent
  8. one hundred percent American
  9. one hundred percent Americans
  10. one hundred thousand
  11. one in a million

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