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# percent

«percent» in Mova's school dictionary: **Out of every hundred; a part of 100** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (percent — plural same); adjective and adverb (percent); also per cent (UK)

### meaning for a pupil

Out of every hundred; a part of 100. The sign is %. «50 percent» means 50 out of 100, which is a half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: percentages are fractions with a denominator of 100: 25% = 25/100 = 1/4 = 0.25; 100% is the whole; 10% of 60 is 6. In everyday life: sales («20 percent off»), battery levels, test scores, weather («80 percent chance of rain»). Phrases: «percent of», «a hundred percent» (completely), «percent off».

### examples

- Fifty percent of 20 is 10. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#x1)
- The shop has 30 percent off all toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#x2)
- My tablet battery is at 15 percent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#x3)
- There's a 70 percent chance of rain tomorrow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#x4)
- She got 90 percent on the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#x5)
- I'm a hundred percent sure! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#x6)
- Ten percent of the class walk to school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/#x7)

### note

Spelled «percent» (US, Canada, Australia often) or «per cent» (UK, Ireland, NZ). Plural stays «percent»: «20 percent», not «20 percents». The noun «percentage» is used without a number: «a large percentage». Maths: to find x% of a number, multiply by x and divide by 100. More than 100% is possible when something grows (e.g. 200% = twice as much). 50% off makes the price half; it does not take away 50 pounds or dollars.

### In the corpora

- [There is no "change 30 percent and it's yours" rule; what matters is whether the original can still be recognised.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/35-copying-vs-being-inspired-tracing-covers-giving-credit/11/)
- [A Komodo dragon can eat up to about 80 percent of its own weight in one meal and then wait weeks.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/146-shrek-s-dragon-real-dragons-and-lizards/9/)
- [About 8 percent of human DNA is made of bits of old viruses that got into our ancestors long ago.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/258-the-microscopic-world-viruses-and-vaccines/17/)
- [More than 99 percent of all species that ever lived are extinct, but today they vanish much faster than normal because of people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/281-extinct-forever-the-dodo-the-passenger-pigeon-the-thylacine-and-more/15/)
- [In US restaurants people usually leave a tip of about 15 to 20 percent, because it is part of the waiter's pay.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «percent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.