take

Pronunciation: [teik]

Average Rank: 154

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

vt. 拿, 取, 抓, 带领, 获得, 就座, 接受, 吃, 吸引, 采取, 乘, 需要, 花费 vi. 吃掉对方棋子, 抓住, 起作用, 依法获得财产 n. 拿, 取, 收成, 奏效

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the act of photographing a scene or part of a scene without interruption
  • v. carry out
  • v. require (time or space)
  • v. get into one's hands, take physically
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk ielts
Word Forms:
Past: took
Past Participle: taken
Present Participle: taking
3rd Person: takes

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#219

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.8% (Top 97.8% most frequent)
97.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#101

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
#142

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 98.6% (Top 98.6% most frequent)
98.6%

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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