Meaning and example
the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft
The passage used "debarkation" to mean the act of passengers and crew getting off of a ship or aircraft.
Plain-English interpretation
A prevalence score of 0.082 places debarkation in the rare range on this site. In practical terms, the word was recognized by about 53.3% of people in the source dataset.
Related words
Similar-prevalence words
excoriationRare
- Known by
- 53.3%
an abraded area where the skin is torn or worn off
equitationRare
- Known by
- 52.8%
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
cabalismRare
- Known by
- 53.8%
the doctrines of the Kabbalah
lacrimationRare
- Known by
- 52.7%
shedding tears
insouciantRare
- Known by
- 52.6%
marked by blithe unconcern
Source attribution
Brysbaert, M., Mandera, P., McCormick, S. F., & Keuleers, E. (2019). Word prevalence norms for 62,000 English lemmas. Behavior Research Methods, 51, 467-479.
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