percent

CEFRB1

/pəˈsɛnt/

noun · adverb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    One part in every hundred.

  2. 02

    adverb

    For each hundred or out of one hundred.

Examples

  • More than 90 percent of visits to a web page are from search engines.

  • Six percent home loans represent the industry average now.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /pəˈsent/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A percentage, a proportion (especially per hundred).

  2. One part per hundred; one percent, hundredth.

adverb

Extra meaning

  1. For every hundred (used with preceding numeral to form a noun phrase expressing a proportion).

More examples

In context

  • only a small percent attain the top ranks

  • Diane Watson has had a distinguished career in education and politics, and last year was elected to the House of Representatives, winning 75 percent of the vote in her Congressional district.

  • By how many percent did the cancer survival rate for breast cancer increase by 2008?

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Origin

noun

From New Latin per centum (“by the hundred”).