short

Pronunciation: [ʃɒ:t]

Average Rank: 573

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 短的, 近的, 矮的, 短期的, 简短的, 少量的 adv. 简短地, 突然 n. 扼要, 短片, 缺乏 vt. 故意少给, 使短路

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
  • a. primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
  • a. (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
  • a. low in stature; not tall
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Comparative: shorter
Superlative: shortest
Present Participle: shorting
Past: shorted
3rd Person: shorts
Past Participle: shorted

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#370

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.3% (Top 96.3% most frequent)
96.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#940

Conversational and colloquial usage

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

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

Project Gutenberg
#408

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.9% (Top 95.9% most frequent)
95.9%

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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