special

Pronunciation: ['speʃәl]

Average Rank: 716

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 专辑, 专车, 号外, 特别的东西, 负有特别任务的人员 a. 特别的, 专门的, 特殊的, 额外的, 附加的, 特别亲密的

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a special offering (usually temporary and at a reduced price) that is featured in advertising
  • n. a dish or meal given prominence in e.g. a restaurant
  • n. a television production that features a particular person or work or topic
  • s. for a special service or occasion
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: specials

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#468

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 95.3% (Top 95.3% most frequent)
95.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#591

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 94.1% (Top 94.1% most frequent)
94.1%

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

Project Gutenberg
#1089

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 89.1% (Top 89.1% most frequent)
89.1%

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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