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Pronunciation: [.infә'meiʃәn]

Average Rank: 526

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 消息, 知识, 通知, 情报, 信息, 问讯处, 起诉 [计] 信息

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a message received and understood
  • n. knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction
  • n. formal accusation of a crime
  • n. (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#310

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.9% (Top 96.9% most frequent)
96.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#782

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 92.2% (Top 92.2% most frequent)
92.2%

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

Project Gutenberg
#486

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.1% (Top 95.1% most frequent)
95.1%

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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