99 percent

determiner

Almost all.

“We are the 99 percent!”

Similar
99.9 percent99.99 percent
Opposite
one-percenter
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Meanings

determiner

alternative 99%

  1. Almost all.

    Synonyms: 99.9 percent, 99.99 percent

adverb99 percent (not comparable)

alternative 99%

  1. not comparableAlmost completely, almost totally.

    I'm 99 percent certain.

    1 more example

    Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him. Jen: You... you said you were 99% sure. Roy: I'm 97% sure it was him.

    2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1
noun99 percent (uncountable)

alternative 99%

  1. collectiveuncountableThose who are not part of the ultrarich.

    We are the 99 percent!

    1 more example

    Feminists for the 99 percent do not operate in isolation from other movements of resistance and rebellion.

    2019, Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya, Feminism for the 99 Percent, →ISBN, page 54

    Antonyms: one-percenter

Synonyms & antonyms

determinerAlmost all.

Similar
99.9 percent99.99 percent

nounThose who are not part of the ultrarich.

Opposite
one-percenter
Also see
99.99 percent99.9 percent

Translations

Russian на девяно́сто де́вять проце́нтов, на 99%
  • на девяно́сто де́вять проце́нтов (na devjanósto dévjatʹ procéntov)almost totally
  • на 99%almost totally
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APA

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Chicago

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