place

Pronunciation: [pleis]

Average Rank: 186

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 地方, 地点, 位置, 住所, 座位, 地位, 处境, 特权, 空间, 余地, 职务, 位 vt. 放置, 寄予, 认出, 评定, 任命 vi. 名次列前

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. any area set aside for a particular purpose
  • n. an abstract mental location
  • n. a general vicinity
  • n. a particular situation
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: places
Past Participle: placed
Present Participle: placing
Past: placed
3rd Person: places

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#184

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.2% (Top 98.2% most frequent)
98.2%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#226

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 97.7% (Top 97.7% most frequent)
97.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#147

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

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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