band

Pronunciation: [bænd]

Average Rank: 1365

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 带子, 队, 乐队 v. 联合, 结合 [计] 频带; 波段; 区

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. instrumentalists not including string players
  • n. a stripe or stripes of contrasting color
  • n. an adornment consisting of a strip of a contrasting color or material
  • n. a range of frequencies between two limits
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 ky toefl ielts gre
Word Forms:
Plural: bands
3rd Person: bands
Past Participle: banded
Present Participle: banding
Past: banded

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#481

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1524

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 84.8% (Top 84.8% most frequent)
84.8%

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

Project Gutenberg
#2089

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 79.1% (Top 79.1% most frequent)
79.1%

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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