region

Pronunciation: ['ri:dʒәn]

Average Rank: 3626

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 区域, 地带, 地区, 领域, 范围, 区 [计] 区, 区域

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the extended spatial location of something
  • n. a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth
  • n. the approximate amount of something (usually used prepositionally as in `in the region of')
  • n. a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: regions

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#452

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#8227

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 17.7% (Top 17.7% most frequent)
17.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#2200

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 78.0% (Top 78.0% most frequent)
78.0%

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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