without

Pronunciation: [wi'ðaut]

Average Rank: 197

Chinese Translation (中文翻译)
Source: ECDICT

prep. 没有, 不, 在...之外 adv. 在外面, 户外 n. 外面, 外部

Detailed Explanations:
  • prep. On or at the outside of; out of; not within; as,
  • without doors.
  • prep. Out of the limits of; out of reach of; beyond.
  • prep. Not with; otherwise than with; in absence of,
  • separation from, or destitution of; not with use or employment of;
  • independently of; exclusively of; with omission; as, without labor;
  • without damage.
  • conj. Unless; except; -- introducing a clause.
  • adv. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within;
  • outwardly; externally.
  • adv. Outside of the house; out of doors.
ECDICT Dictionary Data
Collins Rating:
Oxford 3000
Difficulty: BASIC
Exam Tags: zk gk

Word Frequency Rankings

Wikipedia
#148

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 98.5% (Top 98.5% most frequent)
98.5%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

TV & Movie Scripts
#327

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
#115

Classical and literary usage

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

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.