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one hundred percent

one hundred percent adjective: complete, entire, whole, perfect.

Adjective

one hundred percent (not comparable)

  1. Complete, entire, whole, perfect.
    • We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages.
    • He has a one hundred percent record of success.
  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

Adverb

one hundred percent (not comparable)

  1. Totally, completely.
    • This drink is one hundred percent organic.
    • “NO!” shouted Auntie Flip. “NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Absolutely one hundred per cent no.”2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN

one hundred percent meaning in Tamil and Persian

one hundred percent in Tamil

completely, totally
நூற்றுக்கு நூறு nūṟṟukku nūṟu

one hundred percent in Persian

complete, total
صددرصد sad-darsad
completely, totally
صددرصد sad-darsad

Synonyms of one hundred percent

Forms of one hundred percent

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

Questions about one hundred percent

What does one hundred percent mean?
One hundred percent means complete, entire, whole, perfect.
What is one hundred percent in Tamil?
One hundred percent in Tamil is நூற்றுக்கு நூறு (nūṟṟukku nūṟu). See One hundred percent meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is one hundred percent?
One hundred percent can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near one hundred percent in the dictionary

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

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