until

Pronunciation: [әn'til]

Average Rank: 233

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

prep. 直到, 在...以前 conj. 直到...时, 在...以前

Detailed Explanations:
  • prep. To; unto; towards; -- used of material objects.
  • prep. To; up to; till; before; -- used of time; as, he staid
  • until evening; he will not come back until the end of the month.
  • conj. As far as; to the place or degree that; especially, up to
  • the time that; till. See Till, conj.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#116

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.8% (Top 98.8% most frequent)
98.8%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#326

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.7% (Top 96.7% most frequent)
96.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#258

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.4% (Top 97.4% most frequent)
97.4%

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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