or

Pronunciation: [ɒ:]

Average Rank: 45

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

conj. 或, 或者 [计] 或

Detailed Explanations:
  • n a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
  • n a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#18

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.8% (Top 99.8% most frequent)
99.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#92

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.1% (Top 99.1% most frequent)
99.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#26

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.7% (Top 99.7% most frequent)
99.7%

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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