low

Pronunciation: [lәu]

Average Rank: 710

Source: ECDICT

n. 低点, 低价, 低, 牛叫声 a. 低的, 消沉的, 低等的, 浅的, 卑贱的 adv. 低下地, 谦卑地, 低 vi. 牛叫

n. an air mass of lower pressure; often brings precipitation
n. British political cartoonist (born in New Zealand) who created the character Colonel Blimp (1891-1963)
n. a low level or position or degree
a. less than normal in degree or intensity or amount

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk gre

Comparative: lower

Superlative: lowest

Plural: lows

Past Participle: lowed

Present Participle: lowing

Past: lowed

3rd Person: lows

Word Frequency Rankings

#346

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.5% (Top 96.5% most frequent)

96.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#1240

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 87.6% (Top 87.6% most frequent)

87.6%

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

#543

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 94.6% (Top 94.6% most frequent)

94.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

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.