enhance v
noun student, performance, .ability, learning, .life, .quality, skill, experience, .understanding, program, .security, development, .value, .image, opportunity misc .by, may., far., greatly., design.
14178 | 0.89 A
severe j
noun problem, pain, case, injury, disability, damage, depression, weather, patient, shortage, illness, loss misc more, suffer, most, cause, less, mental, economic, moderate
13615 | 0.93 A
other i
(other than) each., .than, look., talk., against., love., anything., something.,face, no., none., any., stare., fight.
13030 | 0.97
19. The vocabulary of newspapers
In the Corpus of Contemporary American English, the texts from popular magazines come from more than 76 million words in newspapers, containing domestic and international news, sports, lifestyle, business, and so on. Notice the vocabulary related to specific domains, such as sports, business, current events, and government.
The following tables show the most frequent words (grouped by part of speech) that are at least three times as common (per million words) in newspapers as in the other four genres, along with the frequency of each lemma (or headword).
[noun] game 7,585, team ra228, season 45980, player 42599, official 38149, county 35355, director 33725, executive 23i46, district 22233, coach 22203, league 19703, manager 19311, editor 19094, restaurant 15076, sales 14924, resident 14819, fan 13498, baseball 13286, football 12782, chairman 12165
[verb] win 46159, coach 10395, score 9616, retire 6085, pitch 4018, host 3734, average 3679, oversee 2422, staff 1994, total 1507, commute 1249, e-mail 1172, bat 1150, rebound 1077, single 936, preheat 898, lease 850, sautё 795, renovate 784, refrigerate 760
[adjective] chief 10848, Olympic 7287, defensive 5720, downtown 5091, offensive 4730, longtime 3830, retail 3675, retired 3505, consecutive 3476, associated 3241, all-star 2852, pro 2732, nonprofit 2636, select 2521 , veteran 2485, head 2212, managing 2143, winning 2084, saturated 1782, statewide 1473
[adverb] PM 42287, AM 18195, downtown 2497, defensively 407, offensively 327, nightly 317, upfront 191, athletically 82
monitor v
noun .progress, system, .activity, program, student, group, computer, .performance, .situation, ·behavior, agency, level, .condition, .change, .quality misc closely, carefully, continue., constantly., continuously 13456 | 0.94 A
amazing j
noun thing, story, grace, experience, amount, ability, number, feat, race, discovery, stuff, sight misc it, how, most, really, pretty, truly, absolutely
13578 | 0.93 S
poverty n
adj social, extreme, rural, poor, economic, urban, federal, abject, absolute, grinding noun .line, ·level, child, .rate, war., family, problem, percent, crime, reduction verb live., reduce., fight., escape., rise, alleviate., .increase, grow, born., experience 13858 | 0.91 A
increasing j
noun number, pressure, demand, rate, level, use, amount, population, cost, frequency, tax, interest misc among, ever, rapidly, economic, face, despite, because
13873 | 0.91 A
boss n
adj female, male, corporate, immediate, reputed, ultimate, abusive, demanding noun .man, party., ·tweed, mob., office, union., crime., worker, mafia., pit. verb tell, fire, complain., impress, hire, please., convince., persuade., sue., resign 13347 | 0.94
inspire v
noun .confidence, work, other, story, book, artist, ·generation, idea, art, movie, painting, music, film, ·fear, design misc .by, young, part, motivate, partly., divinely., directly., truly.
13326 | 0.94 M
anger n
adj public, righteous, sudden, growing, intense, popular, pent-up noun frustration, lot., fear, voice, feeling, .resentment, face, pain, .management, expression verb feel, express., direct, rise, vent., control., deal., cause, flare, experience 13241 | 0.95
heavily r
rely., more., invest., weigh., most., breathe., .armed, depend., area, .influence, lean., .involved
12960 | 0.97
parking n
adj free, empty, underground, handicapped, downtown, nearby, deserted noun .lot, .space, .garage, car, .area, street, .ticket, valet., .spot verb pull., walk, drive, accept., cross., fill, recommend., permit, surround, locate 13718 | 0.91 N
print n
adj fine, large, small, environmental, electronic, floral, bold, commercial, final, botanical noun .media, color, ·ad, shoe., television, Braille, .shop, .job, .dress, photograph verb read., appear., produce, publish, check, match, rush., select, process, .depict 14315 | 0.88
maker n
adj big, American, leading, major, foreign, key, independent, chemical, pharmaceutical, European noun policy., decision., film., computer, auto., car., furniture. verb meet, force, sue., .announce, enable., ·scramble, .risk, .underestimate 13741 | 0.91
involvement n
adj parental, active, military, great, American, political, direct, personal, social, professional noun parent., community, level, student, family, government, activity, sport, process, teacher verb deny., increase., require., report., encourage., promote., limit, reflect, examine, measure 14129 | 0.89 A
queen n
adj homecoming, African, reigning, evil, undisputed, wicked noun king., .mother, beauty., .bee, .soul, prom., majesty., .conch verb save., crown, name, knight., reign, celebrate, honor, feature, greet, hail.
13343 | 0.94
gene n
adj human, single, different, specific, particular, defective, certain, individual, similar, common noun .therapy, cell, .pool, protein, mutation, sequence, expression, cancer, disease, number verb find, carry., identify, turn, cause, insert, pass, discover, contain., determine 14028 | 0.89 M
vary v
noun .state, price., size, rate., .country, level, .region, group, type, cost., age, degree, individual, .function, length misc .from, .widely, may., .depending, .greatly, ·considerably