Meanings
alternative 100% · alternative 100 percent · alternative one hundred per cent · alternative a hundred percent · alternative hundo P
- 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 - 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
alternative 100% · alternative 100 percent · alternative one hundred per cent · alternative a hundred percent · alternative hundo P
- 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
Cite this entry
one hundred percent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20hundred%20percent
“one hundred percent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20hundred%20percent. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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