never

Pronunciation: ['nevә]

Average Rank: 148

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

adv. 从不, 决不, 不曾 [法] 永不, 决不, 从来没有

Detailed Explanations:
  • r. not ever; at no time in the past or future
  • r. not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#233

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.7% (Top 97.7% most frequent)
97.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#109

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
#102

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.0% (Top 99.0% most frequent)
99.0%

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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