material

Pronunciation: [mә'tiәriәl]

Average Rank: 1546

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 材料, 物资, 素材, 布料, 资料 a. 物质的, 肉体的, 重要的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
  • n. information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form
  • n. things needed for doing or making something
  • n. a person judged suitable for admission or employment
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: materials

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#459

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.4% (Top 95.4% most frequent)
95.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#2809

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 71.9% (Top 71.9% most frequent)
71.9%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1369

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 86.3% (Top 86.3% most frequent)
86.3%

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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