line

Pronunciation: [lain]

Average Rank: 401

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 列, 线, 绳, 电线, 线路, 路线, 航线, 作业线, 界线, 战线, 外形, 排, 家系 vt. 排成一行, 顺...排列, 划线于, 加衬里, 使有线条, 使起皱纹 vi. 排队 [计] 线路

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a formation of people or things one beside another
  • n. a mark that is long relative to its width
  • n. a formation of people or things one behind another
  • n. a length (straight or curved) without breadth or thickness; the trace of a moving point
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: lines
Past Participle: lined
Present Participle: lining
Past: lined
3rd Person: lines

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#209

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.9% (Top 97.9% most frequent)
97.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#518

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.8% (Top 94.8% most frequent)
94.8%

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

Project Gutenberg
#477

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.2% (Top 95.2% most frequent)
95.2%

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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