company

Pronunciation: ['kʌmpәni]

Average Rank: 546

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 公司, 友伴, 交往, 连队, 朋友, 一群 vt. 陪伴 vi. 交往

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. an institution created to conduct business
  • n. small military unit; usually two or three platoons
  • n. the state of being with someone
  • n. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: companies
Present Participle: companying
Past: companied
3rd Person: companies
Past Participle: companied

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#415

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#624

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 93.8% (Top 93.8% most frequent)
93.8%

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

Project Gutenberg
#598

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 94.0% (Top 94.0% most frequent)
94.0%

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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