based

Pronunciation: [beist]

Average Rank: 1339

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

v. 立基于, 以…为基础（base的过去式和过去分词）

Detailed Explanations:
  • s. having a base
  • s. having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Difficulty: BASIC
Word Forms:
0: base
1: dp

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#175

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.2% (Top 98.2% most frequent)
98.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#2073

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 79.3% (Top 79.3% most frequent)
79.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1770

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 82.3% (Top 82.3% most frequent)
82.3%

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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