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Pronunciation: ['pʌblik]

Average Rank: 515

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 公众, 民众 a. 公众的, 公共的, 公立的, 公用的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a body of people sharing some common interest
  • a. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
  • s. affecting the people or community as a whole
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#172

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.3% (Top 98.3% most frequent)
98.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1072

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 89.3% (Top 89.3% most frequent)
89.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#302

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.0% (Top 97.0% most frequent)
97.0%

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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