some

Pronunciation: [sʌm]

Average Rank: 73

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

pron. 一些, 一部分, 若干 adv. 大约 a. 一些的, 少许的, 某一的

Detailed Explanations:
  • a. quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
  • s. relatively much but unspecified in amount or extent
  • s. relatively many but unspecified in number
  • s. remarkable
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#56

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.4% (Top 99.4% most frequent)
99.4%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#96

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 99.0% (Top 99.0% most frequent)
99.0%

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

Project Gutenberg
#67

Classical and literary usage

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

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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