control

Pronunciation: [kәn'trәul]

Average Rank: 838

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 控制, 管理, 克制, 控制器, 操纵装置 vt. 控制, 操纵, 抑制 [计] 控制; 控制器

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. power to direct or determine
  • n. a relation of constraint of one entity (thing or person or group) by another
  • n. (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc
  • n. the activity of managing or exerting control over something
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 ky ielts gre
Word Forms:
Plural: controls
Past Participle: controlled
Present Participle: controlling
3rd Person: controls
Past: controlled

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#199

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.0% (Top 98.0% most frequent)
98.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#632

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 93.7% (Top 93.7% most frequent)
93.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1684

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 83.2% (Top 83.2% most frequent)
83.2%

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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