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- [per-sen-tahyl, -til]
- /pərˈsɛn taɪl, -tɪl/
- /pə.ˈsen.taɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [per-sen-tahyl, -til]
- /pərˈsɛn taɪl, -tɪl/
Definitions of percentile word
- noun percentile one of the values of a variable that divides the distribution of the variable into 100 groups having equal frequencies: Ninety percent of the values lie at or below the ninetieth percentile, ten percent above it. 1
- adjective percentile of or relating to a percentile or a division of a distribution by percentiles. 1
- noun percentile rank derived from rating as a percentage 1
- countable noun percentile A percentile is one of the equal divisions of an amount, expressed on a scale from 0 to 100. The 90th percentile of an amount is all amounts between zero percent and ninety percent. 0
- noun percentile one of 99 actual or notional values of a variable dividing its distribution into 100 groups with equal frequencies; the 90th percentile is the value of a variable such that 90% of the relevant population is below that value 0
- noun percentile any of the values in a series dividing the distribution of the individuals in the series into one hundred groups of equal frequency 0
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Origin of percentile
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; percent + -ile
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Parts of speech for Percentile
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
percentile popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
percentile usage trend in Literature
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