season

Pronunciation: ['si:zn]

Average Rank: 1483

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 季节, 时节, 当令期, 时期 vt. 给...调味, 使成熟, 使老练, 缓和 vi. 变干燥

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field
  • n. one of the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices or atmospheric conditions
  • n. a recurrent time marked by major holidays
  • v. lend flavor to
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: seasons
Present Participle: seasoning
Past: seasoned
3rd Person: seasons
Past Participle: seasoned

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#336

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.6% (Top 96.6% most frequent)
96.6%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#2706

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 72.9% (Top 72.9% most frequent)
72.9%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1407

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 85.9% (Top 85.9% most frequent)
85.9%

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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