Definition percentile in American English

percentile noun

[countable] noun

/pərˈsenˌtaɪl/

one of the 100 equal groups that a large number of people or things are divided into for comparing something such as test scores, height, salaries, etc.

Example

The doctor said Joy falls into the 50th percentile on the growth chart (=she grew more than 50 percent of similar people).

Synonyms and related words

decile percent percent

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