death

Pronunciation: [deθ]

Average Rank: 329

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 死亡 [医] 死亡

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the event of dying or departure from life
  • n. the permanent end of all life functions in an organism or part of an organism
  • n. the absence of life or state of being dead
  • n. the time when something ends
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 ky
Word Forms:
Plural: deaths

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#166

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.3% (Top 98.3% most frequent)
98.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#548

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.5% (Top 94.5% most frequent)
94.5%

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

Project Gutenberg
#274

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.3% (Top 97.3% most frequent)
97.3%

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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