one hundred percent

adjective

Complete, entire, whole, perfect.

“I'm not feeling one hundred percent today.”

Meanings

adjectiveone hundred percent (not comparable)

alternative 100% · alternative 100 percent · alternative one hundred per cent · alternative a hundred percent · alternative hundo P

  1. not comparableComplete, entire, whole, perfect.

    He has a one hundred percent record of success.

    1 more example

    We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages.

  2. not comparableCompletely sure.
    1 more example

    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.

    2010 October 17, Hadley Freeman, “Tattoos: what makes one spiritual and another Katona-esque?”, in The Guardian
  3. not comparableWell, good, okay.

    I'm not feeling one hundred percent today.

  4. not comparableUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see one hundred, percent.

    Our new recruits represent a one hundred percent increase in membership.

    Synonyms: cent percent

adverbone hundred percent (not comparable)

alternative 100% · alternative 100 percent · alternative one hundred per cent · alternative a hundred percent · alternative hundo P

  1. not comparableTotally, completely.

    This drink is one hundred percent organic.

    1 more example

    “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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Translations

Catalan cent per cent
  • cent per centcompletely, totally
Chinese Cantonese 完全
  • 完全 (jyun⁴ cyun⁴)completely, totally
Chinese Mandarin 百分之百, 百分之百
  • 百分之百 (bǎifen zhi bǎi)complete, total
  • 百分之百 (bǎifen zhi bǎi)completely, totally
Czech stoprocentně
  • stoprocentněcompletely, totally
Finnish sataprosenttinen, sataprosenttisesti
  • sataprosenttinencomplete, total
  • sataprosenttisesticompletely, totally
French cent pour cent, 100 %
  • cent pour centcomplete, total
  • 100 %complete, total
  • cent pour centcompletely, totally
German hundertprozentig, einhundert Prozent
  • hundertprozentigcomplete, total
  • einhundert Prozentcompletely, totally
Greek εκατό τοις εκατό
  • εκατό τοις εκατό (ekató tois ekató)completely, totally
Hebrew מֵאָה אָחוּז
  • מֵאָה אָחוּז (me'á akhúz)completely, totally
Hungarian százszázalékos, százszázalékosan
  • százszázalékoscomplete, total
  • százszázalékosancompletely, totally
Japanese 百パーセント, 100%
  • 百パーセント (hyaku pāsento)complete, total
  • 100% (hyaku pāsento)complete, total
  • 百パーセント (hyaku pāsento)completely, totally
Korean 백 퍼센트, 100%
  • 백 퍼센트 (baek peosenteu)complete, total
  • 100% (baek peosenteu)complete, total
  • 백 퍼센트 (baek peosenteu)completely, totally
Persian صددرصد, صددرصد
  • صددرصد (sad-darsad)complete, total
  • صددرصد (sad-darsad)completely, totally
Polish na sto procent, stuprocentowy
  • na sto procentcomplete, total
  • stuprocentowycomplete, total
  • na sto procentcompletely, totally
  • bez resztycompletely, totally
Portuguese cem por cento, cem por cento
  • cem por centocomplete, total
  • cem por centocompletely, totally
Romanian de o sută de procente, sută la sută
  • de o sută de procentecomplete, total
  • sută la sutăcompletely, totally
Russian стопроце́нтный, на сто проце́нтов
  • стопроце́нтный (stoprocéntnyj)complete, total
  • на сто проце́нтов (na sto procéntov)completely, totally
  • на 100%completely, totally
Spanish cien por ciento, al cien
  • cien por cientocompletely, totally
  • al ciencompletely, totally
  • ciento por cientocompletely, totally
  • cien por ciencompletely, totally
Tamil நூற்றுக்கு நூறு
  • நூற்றுக்கு நூறு (nūṟṟukku nūṟu)completely, totally
Turkish yüzde yüz, yüzde yüz
  • yüzde yüzcomplete, total
  • yüzde yüzcompletely, totally
Ukrainian стовідсо́тко́вий, стопроце́нтний
  • стовідсо́тко́вий (stovidsótkóvyj)complete, total
  • стопроце́нтний (stoprocéntnyj)complete, total
  • стовідсотко́во (stovidsotkóvo)completely, totally
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