Sekirov Dictionary

rate

/ɹeɪt/

noun 13
verb 14
/ˈɹæ.teɪ/ adjective 1
/ˈɹæ.teɪ/ noun 1
forms 6
phrases 7

noun13

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a number that shows how much of one thing there is for a given amount of another
- At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.
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The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
- daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
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The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
- He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.
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A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
- Postal rates here are low.
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A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
- We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.
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Speed.
- The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.
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The relative speed of change or progress.
- The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.
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Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
- I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.
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A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
- This textbook is first-rate.
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(no longer used) The worth of something; value.
- There shall no figure at such rate be set, / As that of true and faithfull Iuliet. — 1591
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(no longer used) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
- The one right feeble through the evil rate / Of food which in her duress she had found. — 1596
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(no longer used) Order; arrangement.
- Thus sat they all around in seemly rate. — 1596
(no longer used) Ratification; approval.

verb14

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To evaluate or estimate the value of.
- They rate his talents highly.
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To consider or regard.
- He rated this book brilliant.
(UK) To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
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(informal) To like; to think highly of.
- The customers don't rate the new burgers.
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To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
- She is rated fourth in the country.
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To have position (in a certain class).
- She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.
- He rates as the best cyclist in the country.
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To have value or standing.
- This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
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To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
- The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
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To deserve; to be worth.
- The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
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To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
- Throughout the first turn is where the jockey rates the horse if the need arises. Rating a horse is where you keep it from putting out too much too soon. — 2019
To ratify.
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(no longer used) To berate, scold.
- Then rated they hym, and sayde: Thou arte hys disciple. — 1526
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(dialect, no longer used) To cause (hay, hemp, flax, etc) to decay (whether in an injurious way, or—as retting—in a useful way) by exposure to weather, particularly wetness.
- "Frodingham of Roberte Westabie, for rateing hempe in Skinner Beck, contrairie to paine." - Kirton-in-Lindsey Fine Roll, 1630. — 1889

raté

/ˈɹæ.teɪ/

adjective[after a noun]1

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(of a person or thing) failed; disappointing
- This was nostalgia on the part of an artist raté; in fact, Die Weltbühne was as full of politics and economics in 1926 as it was six years later. — 1968

noun1

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an unsuccessful person; a failure
- We seem to assist at the terrible soirées where the ratés exhibit their talents (M. Moronval is of course a raté) [...] — 1970

forms

rated · rating · rates · rateth · ratest · ratés

Phrases with rate

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