period

Pronunciation: ['piәriәd]

Average Rank: 1049

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 时期, 节段, 节, 句点, 学时, 周期 a. 当时特有的, 过去某段时期的 interj. 就是这话, 就是这么回事

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
  • n. (ice hockey) one of three divisions into which play is divided in hockey games
  • n. a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed
  • n. the end or completion of something
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: periods

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#191

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.1% (Top 98.1% most frequent)
98.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#2242

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 77.6% (Top 77.6% most frequent)
77.6%

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

Project Gutenberg
#713

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 92.9% (Top 92.9% most frequent)
92.9%

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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