particular

Pronunciation: [pә'tikjulә]

Average Rank: 1057

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 一项(或条、点), 个别项目, 详细说明 a. 特别的, 独有的, 挑剔的, 详尽的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
  • n. (logic) a proposition that asserts something about some (but not all) members of a class
  • s. unique or specific to a person or thing or category
  • s. separate and distinct from others of the same group or category
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky gre

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#361

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.4% (Top 96.4% most frequent)
96.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#2168

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 78.3% (Top 78.3% most frequent)
78.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#643

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 93.6% (Top 93.6% most frequent)
93.6%

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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