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# percent

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

«percent» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

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

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «percent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/percent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«percent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/percent.html) on Mova free.