individual

Pronunciation: [.indi'vidʒuәl]

Average Rank: 2106

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 人, 个人, 个体 a. 个别的, 个人的, 独特的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a single organism
  • a. being or characteristic of a single thing or person
  • s. separate and distinct from others of the same kind
  • s. characteristic of or meant for a single person or thing
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: cet4 cet6 ky ielts gre

Word Forms:
Plural: individuals

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#440

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.6% (Top 95.6% most frequent)
95.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#5018

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 49.8% (Top 49.8% most frequent)
49.8%

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

Project Gutenberg
#860

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 91.4% (Top 91.4% most frequent)
91.4%

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.