percentage
A percentage is a rate, number, or amount in each hundred, used to express a proportion or ratio relative to a whole. In academic contexts, it specifically refers to the quantitative measurement of a subset compared to the total population or data set.
Beispiele
3 von 5What percentage of your monthly income do you spend on rent?
What portion of your monthly earnings is dedicated to housing costs?
The committee noted that a significant percentage of the budget remains unallocated.
The formal group observed that a large portion of the funds has not been assigned to projects yet.
A massive percentage of my day is just spent answering emails.
A huge part of my working hours is consumed by replying to electronic messages.
Wortfamilie
Merkhilfe
Think of the word 'cent'—just like there are 100 cents in a dollar or 100 years in a century, a percentage is always 'per cent' (per hundred).
Schnelles Quiz
The report indicates that a significant ______ of the forest has been affected by the recent fires.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: percentage
Beispiele
What percentage of your monthly income do you spend on rent?
everydayWhat portion of your monthly earnings is dedicated to housing costs?
The committee noted that a significant percentage of the budget remains unallocated.
formalThe formal group observed that a large portion of the funds has not been assigned to projects yet.
A massive percentage of my day is just spent answering emails.
informalA huge part of my working hours is consumed by replying to electronic messages.
The longitudinal study tracks the percentage of participants who developed immunity over five years.
academicThe long-term research monitors the ratio of subjects who gained resistance within a five-year period.
To improve our margins, we must reduce the percentage of defective units in the production line.
businessTo increase profits, we need to lower the ratio of faulty products during manufacturing.
Wortfamilie
Häufige Kollokationen
Häufige Phrasen
percentage point
the unit for the arithmetic difference of two percentages
a large percentage of
most of or a great deal of something
only a small percentage
a very limited number or amount within a group
Wird oft verwechselt mit
Percent is used with a specific number (e.g., 10 percent), while percentage is used when the specific number is not mentioned (e.g., a high percentage).
Nutzungshinweise
When 'percentage' is followed by 'of' and a plural noun, the verb is usually plural (e.g., 'A percentage of the students were absent'). When used alone or with a singular noun, it takes a singular verb.
Häufige Fehler
Learners often say '10 percentage' instead of '10 percent.' Remember that 'percent' follows the numeral, while 'percentage' follows an adjective like 'small' or 'large'.
Merkhilfe
Think of the word 'cent'—just like there are 100 cents in a dollar or 100 years in a century, a percentage is always 'per cent' (per hundred).
Wortherkunft
From the Latin 'per centum', meaning 'by the hundred', combined with the English suffix '-age' indicating a rate or relationship.
Grammatikmuster
Kultureller Kontext
In many Western educational and professional systems, performance and probability are almost exclusively communicated through percentages to imply scientific precision.
Schnelles Quiz
The report indicates that a significant ______ of the forest has been affected by the recent fires.
Richtig!
Die richtige Antwort ist: percentage
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