rate
To assign or be assigned a particular rank or levelTo assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
» What is the exchange rate for dollars now?
Какой сейчас курс доллара?
Який зараз курс долара?
Meaning
14 senses(transitive)To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
She is rated fourth in the country.
assign a rank or rating to
(transitive)To evaluate or estimate the value of.
They rate his talents highly.
estimate the value of
(transitive)To consider or regard.
He rated this book brilliant.
(transitive)To deserve; to be worth.
The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.
(transitive)To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
The transformer is rated at 10 watts.
(UK, transitive)To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
(informal, transitive)To like; to think highly of.
The customers don't rate the new burgers.
(transitive)To take action to slow down the pace of the horse one is riding.
(intransitive)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.
be worthy of or have a certain rating
(intransitive)To have value or standing.
This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.
(transitive)To ratify.
(transitive)To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
Examples
573 sentencesWhat is the exchange rate for dollars now?
Який зараз курс долара?
ruКакой сейчас курс доллара?
Our rates are low.
У нас низькі тарифи.
Interest rates are still low.
Процентні ставки все ще низькі.
What is the exchange rate?
Який курс обміну?
ruКакой курс обмена?
deWie ist der Wechselkurs?
How much is the monthly rate?
deWie hoch ist die monatliche Gebühr?
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō rFrom Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).
From Middle English raten (“to scold, chide”), from Old Norse hrata (“to refuse, reject, slight, find fault with”), from Proto-Germanic *hratōną (“to sway, shake”), from Proto-Indo-European *krad- (“to swing”). Cognate with Swedish rata (“to reject, refuse, find fault, slight”), Norwegian rata (“to reject, cast aside”), Old English hratian (“to rush, hasten”).
Related to, or a variant of, ret. (Found dialectally also as rait.)
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Forms
rates, rating, rated, ratedSynonyms
32 synonymsWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
9 patterns- crime rate
- the crime rate
- exchange rate
- at any rate
- at this rate
- our rates are
- the rate of
- interest rates
- any rate