general

Pronunciation: ['dʒenәrәl]

Average Rank: 590

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 一般, 将军, 大体 a. 全面的, 大体的, 总的, 一般的, 普遍的 n. 常规 [计] 常规

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a general officer of the highest rank
  • n. the head of a religious order or congregation
  • n. a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular)
  • v. command as a general
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: generals

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#263

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.4% (Top 97.4% most frequent)
97.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1132

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 88.7% (Top 88.7% most frequent)
88.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#374

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.3% (Top 96.3% most frequent)
96.3%

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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