level

Pronunciation: ['levl]

Average Rank: 1180

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 水平, 水准, 平地 a. 同高的, 平坦的, 齐平的, 水平的 vt. 弄平, 夷平, 使同等, 瞄准, 对准 vi. 变平, 拉平 [计] 级别

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. height above ground
  • n. indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
  • n. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
  • v. aim at
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts

Word Forms:
Plural: levels
Past Participle: levelled
Past: levelled
Present Participle: levelling
3rd Person: levels

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#295

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.0% (Top 97.0% most frequent)
97.0%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1503

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 85.0% (Top 85.0% most frequent)
85.0%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1741

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 82.6% (Top 82.6% most frequent)
82.6%

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.