effect

Pronunciation: [i'fekt]

Average Rank: 1146

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 结果, 影响, 效果, 印象 vt. 实行, 引起, 完成 [计] 效果

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. an impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived)
  • n. the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work
  • n. (of a law) having legal validity
  • n. a symptom caused by an illness or a drug
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: effects
Past Participle: effected
Present Participle: effecting
Past: effected
3rd Person: effects

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#363

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#2528

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 74.7% (Top 74.7% most frequent)
74.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#546

Classical and literary usage

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

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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