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单词 percentage
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percentage

noun

per·​cent·​age pər-ˈsen-tij How to pronounce percentage (audio)
1
a
: a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
a high percentage of students attended
b
: the result obtained by multiplying a number by a percent
the percentage equals the rate times the base
2
a
: a share of winnings or profits
b
: advantage, profit
no percentage in going around looking like an old sack of laundry Wallace Stegner
3
: an indeterminate part : proportion
4
a
: probability
b
: favorable odds

Synonyms

  • chance
  • odds
  • probability
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Example Sentences

If a goalie saves 96 out of 100 shots, his save percentage is 96 percent. The percentages of women completing high school and college were 95 percent and 52 percent, respectively. What percentage of your income do you spend on rent?
Recent Examples on the Web The FiveThirtyEight average has Ms. Cortez Masto leading Mr. Laxalt by about 3 percentage points. John Mccormick, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022 The margin of sampling error for all respondents is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. Hannah Fingerhut, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022 And, in the House race, Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola — who won the special election to complete the term of the late Don Young just a month ago — led both of her Republican challengers by six percentage points, 53% to 47%. Alexandra Marquez, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 This 19th News/SurveyMonkey poll was conducted online in English and Spanish from Aug. 22 to 29 among a national sample of 20,799 adults and has a modeled error estimate of plus or minus 1 percentage points. Jasmine Mithani, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022 The share of Christians diminishes by a few percentage points every generation, according to Pew Research Center, eventually falling below 50% by 2060 and landing at 46% by 2070. Orlando Mayorquin, USA TODAY, 15 Sep. 2022 About 72% of respondents expected a weaker economy in the next 12 months, up 5 percentage points from August. Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 14 Sep. 2022 Economists predict another hike of 0.75 percentage points at the Fed's September meeting. Irina Ivanova, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2022 The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 13 Sep. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1757, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

percentage

noun

per·​cent·​age pər-ˈsen-tij How to pronounce percentage (audio)
1
: a part of a whole expressed in hundredths
2
: a share of profits

percentage

noun

as in probability
a measure of how often an event will occur instead of another since most car thefts are never solved, there will always be greedy people ready to take advantage of this percentage

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • probability
  • odds
  • chance
  • potential
  • possibility
  • potentiality
  • contingency
  • prospect
  • outlook
  • conditional probability
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