be

Pronunciation: [bi:]

Average Rank: 20

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

v. 是, 表示, 在 [计] 后端, 总线允许

Detailed Explanations:
  • v. have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)
  • v. be identical to; be someone or something
  • v. occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere
  • v. happen, occur, take place; this was during the visit to my parents' house"
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past: was
3rd Person: is
Past Participle: been
Present Participle: being

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#17

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.8% (Top 99.8% most frequent)
99.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#25

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.8% (Top 99.8% most frequent)
99.8%

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

Project Gutenberg
#19

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.8% (Top 99.8% most frequent)
99.8%

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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