great

Pronunciation: [greit]

Average Rank: 180

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 大的, 非常的, 主要的, 重大的, 崇高的, 伟大的 adv. 顺利地, 得意地 n. 全部, 大人物, 大师

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a person who has achieved distinction and honor in some field
  • s. relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
  • s. of major significance or importance
  • s. remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Comparative: greater
Superlative: greatest
Plural: greats

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#290

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.1% (Top 97.1% most frequent)
97.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#164

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.4% (Top 98.4% most frequent)
98.4%

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

Project Gutenberg
#86

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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