building

Pronunciation: ['bildiŋ]

Average Rank: 840

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 建筑物, 建筑 [法] 营造, 建筑, 建筑物

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place
  • n. the occupants of a building
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
0: build
1: i
Plural: buildings
Present Participle: building

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#424

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.8% (Top 95.8% most frequent)
95.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#912

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 90.9% (Top 90.9% most frequent)
90.9%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1184

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 88.2% (Top 88.2% most frequent)
88.2%

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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