Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

one hundred percent

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: one hun-dred per-cent
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Complete, entire, whole, perfect.

adj

Completely sure.

adj

Well, good, okay.

adj

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one hundred, percent.

adv

Totally, completely.

Example Sentences

"We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages."
"He has a one hundred percent record of success."
"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 and starting a new beginning", as Katona has explained? Again, one cannot be 100% on this, but it does seem unlikely."
"I'm not feeling one hundred percent today."
"Our new recruits represent a one hundred percent increase in membership."
"This drink is one hundred percent organic."

Inflected Forms

100% (alternative) 100 percent (alternative) one hundred per cent (alternative) a hundred percent (alternative) hundo P (alternative)

Phrases

keep it one hundred ten-tenths

Frequently Paired Words

keep it one hundred 💯 ten-tenths

Synonyms

cent percent

Questions

What does one hundred percent mean?: Complete, entire, whole, perfect.

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