said

Pronunciation: [sed]

Average Rank: 115

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 上述的 say的过去式和过去分词

Detailed Explanations:
  • v express in words
  • v report or maintain
  • v express a supposition
  • v have or contain a certain wording or form
  • v give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
  • v speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
  • v communicate or express nonverbally
  • v utter aloud
  • v state as one's opinion or judgement; declare
  • v recite or repeat a fixed text
  • v indicate
  • s being the one previously mentioned or spoken of
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Difficulty: UNKNOWN
Word Forms:
0: say
1: pd
Past: said
Past Participle: said
3rd Person: saids

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#167

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
#136

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.6% (Top 98.6% most frequent)
98.6%

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

Project Gutenberg
#42

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.6% (Top 99.6% most frequent)
99.6%

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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