very

Pronunciation: ['veri]

Average Rank: 102

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

a. 真正的, 恰好的, 十足的, 特有的 adv. 非常, 完全

Detailed Explanations:
  • s. precisely as stated
  • r. used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal
  • r. precisely so
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#106

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.9% (Top 98.9% most frequent)
98.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#131

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 98.7% (Top 98.7% most frequent)
98.7%

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

Project Gutenberg
#68

Classical and literary usage

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

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.

Back to Search