significant

Pronunciation: [sig'nifikәnt]

Average Rank: 3475

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 重要的, 有效的, 有含义的, 暗示的, 值得注意的

Detailed Explanations:
  • a. important in effect or meaning
  • s. fairly large
  • a. too closely correlated to be attributed to chance and therefore indicating a systematic relation
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts gre

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#421

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.8% (Top 95.8% most frequent)
95.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#5287

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 47.1% (Top 47.1% most frequent)
47.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#4718

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 52.8% (Top 52.8% most frequent)
52.8%

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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