99 percent

English

Noun

99 percent (uncountable)

1. Almost all.

   Synonyms: 99.9 percent, 99.99 percent

2. (collective) Those who are not part of the ultrarich.

   We are the 99 percent!

   • 2019, Cinzia Arruzza, Nancy Fraser, Tithi Bhattacharya, Feminism for the 99 Percent, →ISBN, page 54:

     Feminists for the 99 percent do not operate in isolation from other movements of resistance and rebellion.

Adverb

99 percent (not comparable)

1. Almost completely, almost totally.
   • 2008 November 21, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 3, Episode 1:

     Roy: I'm 95% sure it was him.
     Jen: You... you said you were 99% sure.
     Roy: I'm 97% sure it was him.

   I'm 99 percent certain.

Translations

almost totally

• Russian: на девяно́сто де́вять проце́нтов (na devjanósto dévjatʹ procéntov), на 99% (na 99%)