one hundred percent
English
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Adjective
editone hundred percent (not comparable)
- Complete, entire, whole, perfect.
- We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages.
- He has a one hundred percent record of success.
- Completely sure.
- 2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian[1]:
- 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.
- Well, good, okay.
- I'm not feeling one hundred percent today.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one hundred, percent.
- Our new recruits represent a one hundred percent increase in membership.
Synonyms
edit- cent percent (India)
- centum (India)
Translations
editcomplete, total
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Adverb
editone hundred percent (not comparable)
- Totally, completely.
- This drink is one hundred percent organic.
- 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
- “NO!” shouted Auntie Flip. “NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! Absolutely one hundred per cent no.”
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editcompletely, totally
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