use

Pronunciation: [ju:s]

Average Rank: 228

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

n. 使用, 习惯, 使用价值, 用法, 使用权 vt. 使用, 利用, 运用, 耗费 vi. 惯常

Detailed Explanations:
  • n. the act of using
  • n. a particular service
  • n. (law) the exercise of the legal right to enjoy the benefits of owning property
  • v. put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk
Word Forms:
Past Participle: used
Present Participle: using
Past: used
3rd Person: uses
Plural: uses

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#66

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 99.3% (Top 99.3% most frequent)
99.3%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#364

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 96.4% (Top 96.4% most frequent)
96.4%

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

Project Gutenberg
#253

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 97.5% (Top 97.5% most frequent)
97.5%

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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