against

Pronunciation: [ә'geinst]

Average Rank: 258

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

prep. 反对, 对着, 倚靠

Detailed Explanations:
  • prep. Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the
  • mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.
  • prep. From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in
  • contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof.
  • prep. In opposition to, whether the opposition is of
  • sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety
  • to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race
  • against time.
  • prep. By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as
  • to be ready for the time when.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 ky

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#134

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.7% (Top 98.7% most frequent)
98.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#485

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 95.2% (Top 95.2% most frequent)
95.2%

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

Project Gutenberg
#154

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

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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