up ·all, ·over, keepv names, ·everywhere, around, head, ·again
11901 | 0.93 F
criteria (PL) n
adj following, important, specific, different, obJective, certain, primary, maJor, multiple, main noun selection, performance, inclusion, ·variable, study, student, ·measure, set, ·validity, eligibility^ verb meet, base, include, determine, develop, satisfy^ fit 13159 | 0.84 A
minor j
noun league, injury, change, problem, role, baseball, player, child, planet, party, leaguer, difference misc only, major, relatively, play, few, such, compare, suffer
1 1535 | 0.96
crop n
adj new, other, current, bumper, agricultural, modified, annual, alternative, native, green noun year, food., farmer, corn, cash., production, .yield, plant, loss, water verb grow, produce, harvest, sell, .fail, cover, reduce, protect., feed, tend 12693 | 0.87 A
barrier n
adj great, cultural, physical, significant, social, concrete, major, effective, legal, economic noun trade., language., .island, .reef, color., sound., use, .investment, communication, vapor. verb break., overcome, remove., create., cross., erect, reduce., .prevent, form., act. 11885 | 0.93 A
assign v
noun student, group, task, value, case, number, role, teacher, participant, officer, .responsibility, subject, team, duty, grade misc randomly., .different, .specific, special, .base
11992 | 0.92 A
elementary j
noun school, teacher, student, education, child, level, grade, program, music, principal, classroom, class misc secondary, high, middle, teach, public, physical
12861 | 0.86 A
valuable j
noun information, player, resource, lesson, time, tool, experience, asset, insight, contribution, service misc most, more, provide, very, become, learn, prove, extremely
11702 | 0.94 A
testimony n
adj congressional, sworn, personal, videotaped, oral, written noun jury, expert., court, trial, day., case, evidence, week, eyewitness., committee verb give, hear., provide, present, base., offer, listen., contradict, convict, confirm 11909 | 0.92 S
stake n
adj high, financial, personal, huge, wooden, enormous, controlling, vital, direct noun percent., .company, issue., interest., money., equity., ownership., future, delegate, .outcome verb raise., sell., buy., drive, burn., pull., own., win, anchor, .outline 11695 | 0.94
21. New words in American English
The following lists show the most frequent words in the Corpus of Contemporary American English that are at least three times as common (per million words) in the texts from the 2000s (2000-2008; 180+ million words) as in the 200+ million words from the 1990s. Each table shows the lemmas (grouped by part of speech), along with the frequency of each lemma. Notice how nicely these reflect changes in society itself—politically, technologically, and so on.
[noun] e-mail 14326, terrorism 10360, terrorist 8889, affiliation 8713, adolescent 7212, homeland 4157, website 3909,
Sunni 3637, wireless 3492, prep 3362, Taliban 3006, insurgent 2433, globalization 2354, SUV 2068, RPG 1970, anthrax 1954, steroid 1898, genome 1867, blog 1765, detainee 1733, militant 1610, ethanol 1601, insurgency 1561, yoga 1533, recount 1491, cleric ^ coping 1380, tsunami 1310, cellphone 1149
[verb] host 5535, click 4094, e-mail 2139, download 1851, preheat 1364, bully 916, makeover 853, freak 649, partner 638, mentor 587, morph 349, vaccinate 286, restart 258, reconnect 257, sautё 251, hijack 245, co-write 236, ditch 183, reference 148, swipe 142, outsource 141, transition 136, upload 127, refuel 126, profile 122, encrypt 117, workout 117, prep 115, splurge 114, snack ш
[adjective] online 9219, terrorist 7908, Afghan 2776, Taliban 2095, Shiite 2052, Pakistani 1967, same-sex 1397, sectarian 1138, upscale 1057, embryonic 1036, Islamist 929, iconic 765, faith-based 754, broadband 738, handheld 734, pandemic 719, web-based 711, nonstick 689, steroid 655, insurgent 586, avian 553, dot-com 532, Chechen 396, old-school 360, clueless 356, performance-enhancing 350, high-stakes 337, Al-Qaida 331, 21st-century 331, gated 326
[adverb] online 6034, famously 1173, postoperatively 226, offline 158, wirelessly 141, healthfully 72, preemptively 66, intraoperatively 58, triply 33, day-ahead 30, forensically 28, inferiorly 26, pre-emptively 25, multiculturally 22, counterintuitively 21, synchronically 21
concert n
adj free, live, outdoor, annual, classical, special, final, sold-out noun .hall, music, rock., series, year, .tour, ticket, band, .pianist, benefit. verb play, attend., perform, .feature, act., sell, organize., conduct, host, ·celebrate 12230 | 0.90 N
label n
adj major, independent, private, organic, ethnic, liberal, negative, familiar, fancy noun record., food, warning., product, direction, music, bottle, name, designer., consumer verb read., use, check., apply, list, sign, carry, require, attach, identify 11664 | 0.94 M
routine n
adj daily, normal, regular, usual, everyday, familiar, stand-up, basic noun part, exercise., morning, work, activity, .maintenance, matter, practice, .procedure, ·use verb become., follow, perform, change, establish., settle., maintain., break., vary, consist 11546 | 0.95
wealth n
adj great, personal, national, vast, enormous, private, inherited noun power, .information, nation, distribution., material, source., oil., status, creation verb create, share., accumulate, bring, redistribute., provide., increase, generate, display, influence 11864 | 0.92
professional n
adj other, medical, young, black, social, public, military, trained, local, skilled noun health., care., student, school, education, .field, service, healthcare., teacher, worker verb work, help, provide, train, hire, ·develop, teach, require, account., involve 12262 | 0.89 A