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Pronunciation: [ә'baut]

Average Rank: 58

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

prep. 在...周围, 大约, 有关, 关于 adv. 大约, 四处, 在附近, 周围

Detailed Explanations:
  • s. on the move
  • r. all around or on all sides
  • r. in the area or vicinity
  • r. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#64

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.4% (Top 99.4% most frequent)
99.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#39

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.6% (Top 99.6% most frequent)
99.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

Project Gutenberg
#71

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

Insights

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.

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