specific

Pronunciation: [spi'sifik]

Average Rank: 2236

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 特效药, 特性 a. 特殊的, 明确的, 具有特效的, 特定地, 具体地

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease
  • a. (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
  • s. stated explicitly or in detail
  • a. relating to or distinguishing or constituting a taxonomic species
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky toefl ielts
Word Forms:
Plural: specifics

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#500

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

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

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#2854

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 71.5% (Top 71.5% most frequent)
71.5%

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

Project Gutenberg
#3354

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 66.5% (Top 66.5% most frequent)
66.5%

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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