precent

[pri-sent]

verb (used with object)

1. to lead as a precentor in singing.

verb (used without object)

1. to act as a precentor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of precent¹

First recorded in 1725–35; back formation from precentor

Example Sentences

Each year, more than 356, 000 Americans have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, with 90 precent of them fatal.

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“Setting the record straight, My conversation with the speaker was positive and I told him id be standing for the expulsion vote,” Mr. Santos wrote on X. “Expel me and set the precent so we can see who the judges, jury and executioners in Congress are.”

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MacRumors reports that YouTubers Max Tech and Created Tech have both tested the 256GB base M2 model and discovered the SSD’s read speeds are around 50 precent slower than the M1 MacBook Pro with 256GB of storage.

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Abortion providers say the new timeframe on what constitutes a legal abortion would exclude the nearly all abortions in the state, as 85 to 90 precent of women have the procedure after the six-week mark.

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Samsung’s shipments fell 7 precent in that same period to 12 million units, though the Korean company remains the world’s biggest phone vendor.

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