history

Pronunciation: ['histәri]

Average Rank: 574

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 历史, 过去, 经历, 发展过程, 历史学, 过去的事, 历史记录 [计] 历史记录

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the aggregate of past events
  • n. a record or narrative description of past events
  • n. the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings
  • n. the continuum of events occurring in succession leading from the past to the present and even into the future
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: histories

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#250

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.5% (Top 97.5% most frequent)
97.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#903

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 91.0% (Top 91.0% most frequent)
91.0%

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

Project Gutenberg
#568

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 94.3% (Top 94.3% most frequent)
94.3%

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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