new

Pronunciation: [nju:]

Average Rank: 152

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 新的, 陌生的, 最近的, 不熟悉的 [法] 新发现的, 新的, 重新开始的

Detailed Explanations:
  • a. not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
  • s. having no previous example or precedent or parallel
  • s. other than the former one(s); different
  • a. unaffected by use or exposure
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Comparative: newer
Superlative: newest

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#69

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#212

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 97.9% (Top 97.9% most frequent)
97.9%

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

Project Gutenberg
#175

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.2% (Top 98.2% most frequent)
98.2%

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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