number

Pronunciation: ['nʌmbә]

Average Rank: 326

Source: ECDICT

n. 数, 数字, 数目, 号码 vt. 数, 计算, 共计 vi. 计算, 报数 [计] 数字

n. the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals
n. a concept of quantity involving zero and units
n. a select company of people
n. a numeral or string of numerals that is used for identification

Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: zk gk

Plural: numbers

Past Participle: numbered

Past: numbered

Present Participle: numbering

0: numb

1: r

3rd Person: numbs

Word Frequency Rankings

#83

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.2% (Top 99.2% most frequent)

99.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#539

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.6% (Top 94.6% most frequent)

94.6%

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

#356

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.4% (Top 96.4% most frequent)

96.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

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.