hand

Pronunciation: [hænd]

Average Rank: 330

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 手, 爪, 指针, 掌握, 协助, 人手, 手艺, 手迹, 支配, 插手 vt. 交给, 支持, 搀扶

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb
  • n. ability
  • n. a position given by its location to the side of an object
  • n. the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: hands
Past: handed
Past Participle: handed
Present Participle: handing
3rd Person: hands

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#392

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.1% (Top 96.1% most frequent)
96.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#453

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

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

Project Gutenberg
#144

Classical and literary usage

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

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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