government

Pronunciation: ['gʌvәnmәnt]

Average Rank: 750

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 政府, 内阁 [经] 政府, 政治, 政体

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit
  • n. the act of governing; exercising authority
  • n. (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: governments

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#118

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.8% (Top 98.8% most frequent)
98.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1540

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 84.6% (Top 84.6% most frequent)
84.6%

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

Project Gutenberg
#593

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 94.1% (Top 94.1% most frequent)
94.1%

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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