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Pronunciation: [hәum]

Average Rank: 210

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 家, 避难所, 故乡 a. 家庭的, 国内的, 打中目标的 adv. 在家, 在本国, 打中目标地 [计] 返回始位

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. where you live at a particular time
  • n. the country or state or city where you live
  • n. place where something began and flourished
  • n. an environment offering affection and security
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Plural: homes
Present Participle: homing
Past: homed
3rd Person: homes
Past Participle: homed

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#235

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.7% (Top 97.7% most frequent)
97.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#179

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.2% (Top 98.2% most frequent)
98.2%

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

Project Gutenberg
#216

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.8% (Top 97.8% most frequent)
97.8%

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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