position

Pronunciation: [pә'ziʃәn]

Average Rank: 677

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 位置, 地位, 身分, 形势, 姿势, 立场, 职位, 状态, 阵地 vt. 安置, 决定...的位置 [计] 位置

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the particular portion of space occupied by something
  • n. a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
  • n. the arrangement of the body and its limbs
  • n. a job in an organization
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: positions
Past Participle: positioned
Present Participle: positioning
3rd Person: positions
Past: positioned

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#322

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.8% (Top 96.8% most frequent)
96.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1193

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 88.1% (Top 88.1% most frequent)
88.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#516

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 94.8% (Top 94.8% most frequent)
94.8%

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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