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Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.

Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.

Isolation 中文

OED's earliest evidence for isolate is from 1807, in the writing of William Coxe, historian and Church of England clergyman.

isolate is in frequency band 6, which contains words occurring between 10 and 100 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands

The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.

isolated意思

isolate is of multiple origins. Either formed within English, by back-formation. Or a borrowing from French, combined with an English element.

Modern frequency series are derived from a corpus of 20 billion words, covering the period from 2017 to the present. The corpus is mainly compiled from online news sources, and covers all major varieties of World English.

isolate is one of the 5,000 most common words in modern written English. It is similar in frequency to words like afterwards, correspondence, dust, gate, and validity.

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛtl/ but /ˈpɛtl̩i/.

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isolate中文

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There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb isolate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence /ˈpɛd(ə)l/ but /ˈpɛdl̩i/.

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