service

Pronunciation: ['sә:vis]

Average Rank: 636

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 服务, 贡献, 雇佣, 公职, 服役, 功劳, 仪式, 送达, 行政部门 vt. 保养, 维修 a. 武装部队的, 服务性的, 仆人的, 耐用的 [计] 服务, 业务

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. work done by one person or group that benefits another
  • n. an act of help or assistance
  • n. the act of public worship following prescribed rules
  • n. a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: services
Past Participle: serviced
Present Participle: servicing
Past: serviced
3rd Person: services

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#291

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.1% (Top 97.1% most frequent)
97.1%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#1067

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 89.3% (Top 89.3% most frequent)
89.3%

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

Project Gutenberg
#551

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 94.5% (Top 94.5% most frequent)
94.5%

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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