story

Pronunciation: ['stɒ:ri]

Average Rank: 468

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 故事, 小说, 传奇, 描述, 阅历, 经历, 层

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts

Word Forms:
Plural: stories

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#472

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
#480

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 95.2% (Top 95.2% most frequent)
95.2%

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

Project Gutenberg
#453

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 95.5% (Top 95.5% most frequent)
95.5%

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.