case

Pronunciation: [keis]

Average Rank: 304

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 情形, 情况, 箱, 容器, 事实, 病例, 案例, 框子 vt. 装箱, 包盖

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. an occurrence of something
  • n. the actual state of things
  • n. a portable container for carrying several objects
  • n. a person requiring professional services
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: cases
Present Participle: casing
Past: cased
3rd Person: cases
Past Participle: cased

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#211

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.9% (Top 97.9% most frequent)
97.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#390

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.1% (Top 96.1% most frequent)
96.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#311

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.9% (Top 96.9% most frequent)
96.9%

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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