air

Pronunciation: [єә]

Average Rank: 482

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 空气, 旋律, 态度 vt. 晾, 使通风, 夸耀

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a mixture of gases (especially oxygen) required for breathing; the stuff that the wind consists of
  • n. the region above the ground
  • n. a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing
  • n. once thought to be one of four elements composing the universe (Empedocles)
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Past Participle: aired
Plural: airs
Present Participle: airing
Past: aired
3rd Person: airs

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#338

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.6% (Top 96.6% most frequent)
96.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#769

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 92.3% (Top 92.3% most frequent)
92.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#339

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.6% (Top 96.6% most frequent)
96.6%

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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