Phrase guide

one hundred percent

adj · adv · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Complete, entire, whole, perfect.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • We are willing to provide one hundred percent mortgages.
  • He has a one hundred percent record of success.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Completely sure.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Well, good, okay.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • I'm not feeling one hundred percent today.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

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

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adv

Meaning 5

Totally, completely.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • This drink is one hundred percent organic.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 百分之百 (bǎifen zhi bǎi) — complete, total
  • French: cent pour cent — complete, total
  • French: 100 % — complete, total
  • German: hundertprozentig — complete, total
  • Hungarian: százszázalékos — complete, total
  • Japanese: 百パーセント (hyaku pāsento) — complete, total
  • Japanese: 100% (hyaku pāsento) — complete, total
  • Korean: 백 퍼센트 (baek peosenteu) — complete, total
  • Korean: 100% (baek peosenteu) — complete, total
  • Persian: صددرصد (sad-darsad) — complete, total
  • Polish: na sto procent — complete, total
  • Polish: stuprocentowy — complete, total
  • Portuguese: cem por cento — complete, total
  • Romanian: de o sută de procente — complete, total
  • Russian: стопроце́нтный (stoprocéntnyj) — complete, total
  • Turkish: yüzde yüz — complete, total
  • Ukrainian: стовідсо́тко́вий (stovidsótkóvyj) — complete, total
  • Ukrainian: стопроце́нтний (stoprocéntnyj) — complete, total
  • Catalan: cent per cent — completely, totally
  • Chinese Cantonese: 完全 (jyun4 cyun4) — completely, totally
  • Chinese: 百分之百 (zh-min-nan) — completely, totally
  • Chinese Mandarin: 百分之百 (bǎifen zhi bǎi) — completely, totally
  • Czech: stoprocentně — completely, totally
  • French: cent pour cent — completely, totally
  • German: einhundert Prozent — completely, totally
  • Greek: εκατό τοις εκατό (ekató tois ekató) — completely, totally
  • Hebrew: מֵאָה אָחוּז (me'á akhúz) — completely, totally
  • Hungarian: százszázalékosan — completely, totally
  • Japanese: 百パーセント (hyaku pāsento) — completely, totally
  • Korean: 백 퍼센트 (baek peosenteu) — completely, totally
  • Persian: صددرصد (sad-darsad) — completely, totally
  • Polish: na sto procent — completely, totally
  • Polish: bez reszty — completely, totally
  • Portuguese: cem por cento — completely, totally
  • Romanian: sută la sută — completely, totally
  • Russian: на сто проце́нтов (na sto procéntov) — completely, totally
  • Russian: на 100% — completely, totally
  • Spanish: cien por ciento — completely, totally
  • Spanish: al cien — completely, totally
  • Spanish: ciento por ciento — completely, totally
  • Spanish: cien por cien — completely, totally
  • Tamil: நூற்றுக்கு நூறு (nūṟṟukku nūṟu) — completely, totally
  • Turkish: yüzde yüz — completely, totally
  • Ukrainian: стовідсотко́во (stovidsotkóvo) — completely, totally