side

Pronunciation: [said]

Average Rank: 346

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 旁边, 侧, 方面, 胁, 侧边, 血统 a. 旁的, 侧的, 次要的 vt. 同意, 支持 vi. 支持, 赞助

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location
  • n. one of two or more contesting groups
  • n. either the left or right half of a body
  • n. a surface forming part of the outside of an object
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: sides
Past: sided
Past Participle: sided
Present Participle: siding
3rd Person: sides

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#321

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 96.8% (Top 96.8% most frequent)
96.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#500

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 95.0% (Top 95.0% most frequent)
95.0%

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

Project Gutenberg
#218

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.8% (Top 97.8% most frequent)
97.8%

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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