near

Pronunciation: [niә]

Average Rank: 575

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 近的, 近亲的, 近似的 adv. 接近, 亲近 prep. 靠近, 近似于 v. 接近, 走近

Detailed Explanations:
  • a. not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances
  • s. being on the left side
  • s. closely resembling the genuine article
  • r. near in time or place or relationship
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Superlative: nearest
Comparative: nearer
Present Participle: nearing
Past: neared
3rd Person: nears
Past Participle: neared

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#465

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.3% (Top 95.3% most frequent)
95.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#958

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 90.4% (Top 90.4% most frequent)
90.4%

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

Project Gutenberg
#301

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.0% (Top 97.0% most frequent)
97.0%

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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