addition

Pronunciation: [ә'diʃәn]

Average Rank: 2676

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 加法, 增加的人(或物) [计] 加法

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a component that is added to something to improve it
  • n. the act of adding one thing to another
  • n. a quantity that is added
  • n. a suburban area laid out in streets and lots for a future residential area
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts gre
Word Forms:
Plural: additions

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#318

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.8% (Top 96.8% most frequent)
96.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#5954

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 40.5% (Top 40.5% most frequent)
40.5%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1755

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 82.5% (Top 82.5% most frequent)
82.5%

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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