end

Pronunciation: [end]

Average Rank: 256

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 结束, 终点, 目标, 末端, 梢, 死亡, 残余 v. 结束, 终结, 终止 [计] 端; 结束

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. either extremity of something that has length
  • n. the point in time at which something ends
  • n. the concluding parts of an event or occurrence
  • n. a final part or section
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts

Word Forms:
Past: ended
Plural: ends
Past Participle: ended
Present Participle: ending
3rd Person: ends

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#140

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.6% (Top 98.6% most frequent)
98.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#398

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.0% (Top 96.0% most frequent)
96.0%

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

Project Gutenberg
#231

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.7% (Top 97.7% most frequent)
97.7%

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.