over

Pronunciation: ['әuvә]

Average Rank: 91

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

adv. 结束, 越过, 从头到尾 prep. 在...之上, 遍于...之上, 越过 a. 上面的 vt. 越过

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. (cricket) the division of play during which six balls are bowled at the batsman by one player from the other team from the same end of the pitch
  • r. at or to a point across intervening space etc.
  • r. throughout an area
  • r. throughout a period of time
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Plural: overs

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#61

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.4% (Top 99.4% most frequent)
99.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#118

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.8% (Top 98.8% most frequent)
98.8%

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

Project Gutenberg
#93

Classical and literary usage

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

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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