making

Pronunciation: ['meikiŋ]

Average Rank: 365

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 制造, (手工)制造业, 制作, 形成, 发展, 要素, 内在因素, 赚头, 制造物

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Difficulty: ADVANCED
Exam Tags: ielts
Word Forms:
0: make
1: i
Present Participle: making
Plural: makings

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#314

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
#380

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.2% (Top 96.2% most frequent)
96.2%

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

Project Gutenberg
#402

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.0% (Top 96.0% most frequent)
96.0%

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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