make

Pronunciation: [meik]

Average Rank: 126

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

vt. 制造, 安排, 创造, 构成, 使得, 产生, 造成, 整理, 布置, 引起, 到达, 进行 vi. 开始, 前进, 增大, 被制造, 被处理 n. 制造, 构造, 性情

Detailed Explanations:
  • v. engage in
  • v. give certain properties to something
  • v. make or cause to be or to become
  • v. compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Past Participle: made
Past: made
Present Participle: making
3rd Person: makes

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#154

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#106

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.9% (Top 98.9% most frequent)
98.9%

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

Project Gutenberg
#117

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.8% (Top 98.8% most frequent)
98.8%

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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