age

Pronunciation: [eidʒ]

Average Rank: 632

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 年龄, 老年, 成年, 寿命, 时代, 时期 v. 变老, 成熟

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. how long something has existed
  • n. a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
  • v. begin to seem older; get older
  • v. make older
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: ages
Past Participle: aged
Present Participle: ageing
3rd Person: ages
Past: aged

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#292

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.1% (Top 97.1% most frequent)
97.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1139

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 88.6% (Top 88.6% most frequent)
88.6%

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

Project Gutenberg
#465

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.3% (Top 95.3% most frequent)
95.3%

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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