cause

Pronunciation: [kɒ:z]

Average Rank: 406

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 原因, 目标 vt. 引起, 使产生, 使遭受

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. events that provide the generative force that is the origin of something
  • n. a justification for something existing or happening
  • v. give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Past Participle: caused
Present Participle: causing
Plural: causes
Past: caused
3rd Person: causes

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#448

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#357

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.4% (Top 96.4% most frequent)
96.4%

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

Project Gutenberg
#412

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.9% (Top 95.9% most frequent)
95.9%

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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