words per minute
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2.5
- noun
- Specialized
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palabras por minuto
- Lectures were presented at a rate of approximately 125 words per minute.
- words per minute (WPM)
- number of words per minute
- words per minute with errors
That is your words per minute rate, WPM.
- That is your words per minute rate, WPM.
- Well, then people can sense that subconsciously your cadence increases more words per minute, which conveys that you're like in a rush somehow.
- And I'll tell you what the words per minute, words per minute is how many words per.
Examples
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For oral reading, the median number of correctly read words per minute was recorded for each child.
Academic text (2013) -
Each observer counted the total number of correct words per minute or words retold per minute, with each story counting as an interval.
Academic text (2014) -
Performance is translated into the average number of correct words per minute.
Academic text (2002) -
For example, students at the 20th percentile read 39 words per minute.
Academic text (2013) -
Students read a previously unseen grade-level passage, and the score is the number of correct words per minute.
Academic text (2014) -
Drew's reading rate ranged from 48 words per minute with 0 errors to 99 words per minute with three errors.
Academic text (2014) -
Bob's performance on baseline generalization measures ranged from 51 words per minute with 6 errors to 57 words per minute with 3 errors.
Academic text (2014) -
He can type at an impressive rate of words per minute that exceeds 80.
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The fastest speed recorded for a contestant during the typing contest was over 100 words per minute.
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Students practiced reading to improve their words per minute, aiming for a higher score on the assessment.
Synonyms
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3.4
The number of words someone types, reads, or speaks in one minute
How Fast
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a rate of words in a minute' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'words' (units counted) with 'per' (indicating rate) and 'minute' (time unit). This standard measurement construction is cross-linguistically common (e.g., palabras por minuto, mots par minute), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Words per minute comes from the simple idea of counting how many words you can read, speak, or type in one minute. Because it measures the number of words in a set time, it became a clear way to show 'speed'.