down

Pronunciation: [daun]

Average Rank: 139

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 向下的 adv. 下, 下去, 降下 prep. 往下, 沿着 n. 丘陵, 软毛, 开阔的高地 [计] 向下, 退下命令

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. soft fine feathers
  • n. (American football) a complete play to advance the football
  • n. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)
  • n. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk toefl gre
Word Forms:
Plural: downs
Present Participle: downing
Past: downed
3rd Person: downs
Past Participle: downed

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#195

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
#127

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.7% (Top 98.7% most frequent)
98.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#95

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.1% (Top 99.1% most frequent)
99.1%

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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