see

Pronunciation: [si:]

Average Rank: 123

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

vt. 看见, 查看, 参观, 游览, 理解, 知道, 同意 vi. 看, 观看, 注意, 知道, 考虑 n. 主教的职位

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the seat within a bishop's diocese where his cathedral is located
  • v. perceive by sight or have the power to perceive by sight
  • v. deem to be
  • v. be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past Participle: seen
Past: saw
Present Participle: seeing
3rd Person: sees

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#213

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.9% (Top 97.9% most frequent)
97.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#66

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#91

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 99.1% (Top 99.1% most frequent)
99.1%

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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