- a (or one) hundred per cent
- a (or one) hundred per cententirely.↘[usu. with negative] informal completely fit and healthy.↘informal maximum effort and commitment.→ hundred
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
a (or one) hundred per cent
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one hundred per cent — a/one/hundred per cent phrase completely I’m not a hundred per cent convinced about this. Benson’s colleagues said that they were behind him one hundred per cent. Thesaurus: completely and thoroughlysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
one hundred per cent — ► a (or one) hundred per cent 1) entirely. 2) informal completely fit and healthy: she didn t feel one hundred per cent. 3) informal maximum effort and commitment. Main Entry: ↑hundred … English terms dictionary
(a) hundred per cent — a/one/hundred per cent phrase completely I’m not a hundred per cent convinced about this. Benson’s colleagues said that they were behind him one hundred per cent. Thesaurus: completely and thoroughlysynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
a hundred per cent — ► a (or one) hundred per cent 1) entirely. 2) informal completely fit and healthy: she didn t feel one hundred per cent. 3) informal maximum effort and commitment. Main Entry: ↑hundred … English terms dictionary
per cent — ► ADVERB ▪ by a specified amount in or for every hundred. ► NOUN ▪ one part in every hundred … English terms dictionary
PER CENT — adv. & n. (US percent) adv. in every hundred. n. 1 percentage. 2 one part in every hundred (half a per cent). 3 (in pl.) Brit. public securities yielding interest of so much per cent (three per cents) … Useful english dictionary
per cent — I UK [pə(r)ˈsent] / US [pərˈsent] noun [singular] maths *** one part of 100, or a particular amount of a total that you have divided by 100. Per cent is often shown using the symbol % He owns 20% only of the business. per cent of: Women now… … English dictionary
per cent — (also US percent) adverb by a specified amount in or for every hundred. noun one part in every hundred. ↘the rate, number, or amount in each hundred. Origin C16: from per + cent … English new terms dictionary
hundred — ► CARDINAL NUMBER 1) ten more than ninety; 100. (Roman numeral: c or C.) 2) (hundreds) informal an unspecified large number. 3) used to express whole hours in the twenty four hour system. ► NOUN Brit. historical ▪ a subdivision o … English terms dictionary
hundred — [[t]hʌ̱ndrəd[/t]] ♦ hundreds (The plural form is hundred after a number, or after a word or expression referring to a number, such as several or a few .) 1) NUM: usu a/num NUM A hundred or one hundred is the number 100. According to one official… … English dictionary
