open

Pronunciation: ['әupәn]

Average Rank: 400

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 公开, 户外, 空旷 a. 开着的, 开放的, 开阔的, 营业着的, 公开的, 悬而未决的 vt. 打开, 公开, 开放 vi. 展开, 开始, 展现 [计] 打开指令; 打开语句

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water
  • n. a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play
  • n. information that has become public
  • v. cause to open or to become open
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past: opened
Past Participle: opened
Present Participle: opening
3rd Person: opens

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#447

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#422

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 95.8% (Top 95.8% most frequent)
95.8%

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

Project Gutenberg
#332

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 96.7% (Top 96.7% most frequent)
96.7%

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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