percent — a rate, number, or amount in each hundred
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a rate, number, or amount in each hundred
Pronunciation (IPA): /pərˈsent/
Korean meaning: 백분율, 퍼센트 (100분의 몇을 나타내는 단위)
Korean pronunciation: 퍼-센트 (강세: 센트)
Example Sentences
- My phone battery is at five percent - time to panic!
- I'm 99 percent sure I studied for the wrong test.
- The unemployment rate increased by 3 percent this year.
percent
NOUN//pərˈsent//
a rate, number, or amount in each hundred
💡 Concept
Researchers analyze survey data showing percent of different responses
🎵 Rhyme
Recent percent drops, but prevention stops the loss!
🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/pərˈsent/
🇬🇧 UK/pəˈsent/
🌳Etymology
Prefixper--
Rootcent
Origin
라틴어 'per centum'에서 유래했습니다. 'per'는 '~마다'를 의미하고 'centum'은 '100'을 의미해서, 말 그대로 '100마다'라는 뜻이었습니다. 이것이 점차 줄어들어 현재의 percent가 되었습니다.
🎵Rhyme
eventpreventcontentrecent
event
prevent
content
recent
🔗Collocations
percent chance
percent increase
percent decrease
high percent
percent rate
by percent
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“My phone battery is at five percent - time to panic!”
😄 Fun example
“I'm 99 percent sure I studied for the wrong test.”
“The unemployment rate increased by 3 percent this year.”
“Only 10 percent of my diet consists of vegetables.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
percentageproportionratiofraction
Antonyms
wholeentirety
Related
statisticsmathematicsdataanalysiscalculation
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