required

Pronunciation: [ri'kwaiәd]

Average Rank: 2036

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 必需的

Detailed Explanations:
  • v require as useful, just, or proper
  • v consider obligatory; request and expect
  • v make someone do something
  • v have need of
  • s necessary for relief or supply
  • s required by rule
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: UNKNOWN
Word Forms:
0: require
1: dp
Past Participle: required
Past: required

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#305

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#4860

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 51.4% (Top 51.4% most frequent)
51.4%

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

Project Gutenberg
#942

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 90.6% (Top 90.6% most frequent)
90.6%

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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