rate
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2.1
- noun
- /reɪt/
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tasa
- The school aims to improve its graduation rate by providing more resources to students.
- heart rate
- unemployment rate
- growth rate
If it's less than the mutation rate, we flip a bit.
- If it's less than the mutation rate, we flip a bit.
- If we could measure her breath rate or her respiration,
- It all goes to the the failure rate of films.
- Number three, you can increase your rate of cellular repair.
- Since that happened, the overdose rate, death rate has doubled.
- You know, the, the hit rate is, is not that high.
- Men had a slightly higher rate of diarrhea than women.
- Well, power is the rate of expending energy.
- They just go up at a slower level or slower rate than previously.
- You know, just make sure your your rate of innovation is fast.
- And so that curve, that rate of emission is totally fixed.
- So we're looking for the rate of this.
Examples
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The unemployment rate has decreased significantly over the past year.
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Are you willing to tell me your success rate roughly on the show?
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So we're looking for the rate of this.
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Investors now believe that rates will stay higher for longer.
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The mortgage rates are at nine percent.
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Pretty high mortality rate in the old business.
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Recent data from surveys of immigrants suggest that the rate may have risen in recent years.
Academic text (2011) -
Ultimately, the reduction of discipline referral rates will allow at-risk students to achieve academic success.
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Experts predict that the interest rate will rise again before the end of the year.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
How fast someone or something moves
495
3.0
How often something happens over time
409
2.0
How fast someone or something moves
68
3.4
How fast music or an activity happens
10
2.5
A speed that is quicker than usual for a task or activity
8
3.6
The amount of liquid or gas that passes a point in one minute
6
4.6
Very fast movement, action, or change
1
3.7
How much liquid passes a point in a given time
A number that shows how many events happen in one minute
Number of events that happen in one minute
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
415
2.3
The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year
- Specialized
149
3.4
The percentage of people looking for work who do not have a job
- Specialized
34
3.8
The number of people who die in a group each year per 1,000 people
- Specialized
26
2.7
The number of people who die in a population each year shown per 1,000 people
21
3.2
The value of one country's money when you change it for another country's money
- Specialized
15
3.7
The percent that shows how much prices for things and services rise over time
- Specialized
7
3.7
Number of babies who die before their first birthday per 1,000 live births
- Specialized
3
3.3
The number of breaths a person takes each minute used to check health
- Specialized
2
3.4
The speed at which digital information moves through a connection, measured in bits per second
- Specialized
1
4.1
The number of bits sent or processed each second in audio and video files
- Specialized
1
5.6
A blood test that shows how fast red blood cells settle to check for inflammation
- Specialized
1
4.9
How fast the body uses energy while resting to keep breathing and stay warm
- Specialized
1
3.8
The value at which one country's money can buy another country's money
1
3.7
A high quality school or university training that gives strong knowledge and skills
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1
5.2
A system where a currency's value changes because of buying and selling in the market, not set by the government
- Specialized
1
4.2
The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
- Specialized
1
7.1
A faster than normal fall of red blood cells in a blood test that shows inflammation in the body
- Specialized
1
4.6
The interest rate that a country's central bank sets for loans to commercial banks
- Specialized
1
5.4
A system where a government keeps a country's money at a set value, often linked to another currency or gold
- Specialized
1
4.6
The number of times per second a device measures a sound to make a digital file
- Specialized
1
6.3
A test that measures how fast red blood cells sink in a tube to show infection or disease
An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock
- Specialized
A measure of how quickly things like cars or machines lose value over time, often used for tax
- Specialized
The speed at which red blood cells fall to the bottom of a test tube, showing inflammation
A cheaper price for a round-trip ticket usually given for travel on set dates or when bought early
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Rate comes from an old idea of a 'calculation' and is related to ratio, which also means a measured relation. So a rate shows how fast or how often something happens in relation to time or amount.