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to rate

to rate

292 2.7
To judge how good or valuable something is
  • verb
  • /reɪt/
translation icon : valorar
  • Anyway, what would you rate this meal?
  • rate yourself
  • rate movies
  • ask participants to rate

So I'm just gonna rate them in this video, OK?

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Examples

  • Ninety-one percent rated the theater student as being believable as a patient.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So what would you rate this hot tub date?

  • And so for me, I rate this as high.

  • I do, I do rate that it's fine.

  • - How would you rate this one, Miles?

  • So I'm just gonna rate them in this video, OK?

  • Anyway, what would you rate this food, Anthony?

  • But I also want her to meet with a new guy I rate very highly, Mark Ronson.

  • Most people would find it mildly amusing, but wouldn't rate it at the top of the laugh meter.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • How would you rate this movie compared to the last one you saw?

Synonyms

to rank
vsto rate
381 2.4

To put someone or something in an order by importance

also covers judging worth or quality, not only placement
to value
vsto rate
107 3.0

To decide how much money something should cost

is broader, also includes assigning quality or position
to grade
vsto rate
95 2.3

To give a letter or number to show how good their work is

is wider, applying to value or position beyond formal scoring
to valuate
vsto rate
7.4

To find how much something is worth

is the more general act of assigning worth, quality, or rank

Idioms

27 3.7

To say something is true despite what was said before

Compounds

interest rate
  • Specialized
415 2.3

The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year

heart rate
  • Specialized
168 2.5

The number of times the heart beats in one minute

168 2.3

The percent of income or profit that you must pay to the government

unemployment rate
  • Specialized
149 3.4

The percentage of people looking for work who do not have a job

crime rate
  • Specialized
58 2.7

The number of crimes in an area per 1,000 people each year

49 3.8

Very high quality or done very well

48 2.7

How fast something grows over a period of time

mortality rate
  • Specialized
34 3.8

The number of people who die in a group each year per 1,000 people

death rate
  • Specialized
26 2.7

The number of people who die in a population each year shown per 1,000 people

23 4.4

Not as good as the best, often cheap or simple

21 3.2

The value of one country's money when you change it for another country's money

birth rate
  • Specialized
17 2.5

Number of live births per 1,000 people in a year

16 3.5

The usual price or wage for something at a particular time

inflation rate
  • Specialized
15 3.7

The percent that shows how much prices for things and services rise over time

rate of return
  • Specialized
14 4.8

Profit or loss on an investment shown as a percent of its cost

The speed at which something becomes bigger or more over time

The percentage by which prices for goods and services rise over time

metabolic rate
  • Specialized
9 4.2

How fast the body uses energy

flow rate
  • Specialized
8 3.6

The amount of liquid or gas that passes a point in one minute

8 2.8

Number of times the heart beats in one minute

infant mortality rate
  • Specialized
7 3.7

Number of babies who die before their first birthday per 1,000 live births

discount rate
  • Specialized
6 4.9

Interest rate a central bank charges banks for borrowing money

frame rate
  • Specialized
5 3.4

How many pictures a video, animation, or game shows each second

Percent a bank charges for borrowing money each year

turnover rate
  • Specialized
5 4.0

How quickly workers leave a company and new workers replace them

vacancy rate
  • Specialized
5 4.6

The percentage of rooms or apartments that are empty

fatality rate
  • Specialized
4 4.9

Number of people who die in a group each year per 1,000 people

An area where many crimes happen

4 1.9

The price for staying one night in a hotel

fertility rate
  • Specialized
3 2.8

The number of babies born per 1,000 people in one year

respiratory rate
  • Specialized
3 3.3

The number of breaths a person takes each minute used to check health

3 3.0

The amount of money a worker gets for each hour or week of work

data rate
  • Specialized
2 3.4

The speed at which digital information moves through a connection, measured in bits per second

attrition rate
  • Specialized
2 6.0

The number of people who leave or die from a group over time

occupancy rate
  • Specialized
2 4.1

The percentage of available rooms or units that are occupied

2 2.7

Amount of money paid for work in a set time like per hour

bit rate
  • Specialized
1 4.1

The number of bits sent or processed each second in audio and video files

burn rate
  • Specialized
1 6.5

The speed a company spends money each month

sed rate
  • Specialized
1 5.6

A blood test that shows how fast red blood cells settle to check for inflammation

basal metabolic rate
  • Specialized
1 4.9

How fast the body uses energy while resting to keep breathing and stay warm

1 3.2

A price lower than usual offered as a special deal

rate of exchange
  • Specialized
1 3.8

The value at which one country's money can buy another country's money

1 2.4

The amount of money given for work, usually per hour or week

1 4.6

A regular charge for the water that comes to a home, often paid quarterly

A high quality school or university training that gives strong knowledge and skills

1 5.2

A system where a currency's value changes because of buying and selling in the market, not set by the government

freight rate
  • Specialized
1 4.1

A charge for moving goods by truck, ship, or plane

prime interest rate
  • Specialized
1 4.2

The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers

rate of flow
  • Specialized
1 3.7

How much liquid passes a point in a given time

baud rate
  • Specialized
1 5.0

The number of signal changes sent each second in a data connection

burn rate
  • Jargon
1 7.4

The speed tokens are permanently removed from circulation

1 3.3

A price lower than the usual one

1 3.7

Offered at a lower price than usual, often with lower quality

discount rate
  • Specialized
1 4.7

Interest taken from the loan amount before you receive the money

dose rate
  • Specialized
1 6.3

Amount of radiation received in a given time

elevated sed rate
  • Specialized
1 7.1

A faster than normal fall of red blood cells in a blood test that shows inflammation in the body

absentee rate
  • Specialized
1 3.9

The percent of workers who are not at work during a period

bank rate
  • Specialized
1 4.6

The interest rate that a country's central bank sets for loans to commercial banks

fixed exchange rate
  • 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

Amount of fuel a vehicle like a car uses for a certain distance or time

How quickly the size of a group becomes smaller over time

rate of respiration
  • Specialized
1 3.8

The number of breaths a person takes each minute

repayment rate
  • Specialized
1 3.6

The amount of money you pay back for a loan during a set time

piece rate
  • Specialized
1 4.8

Pay for each item a worker makes

sampling rate
  • Specialized
1 4.6

The number of times per second a device measures a sound to make a digital file

sedimentation rate
  • Specialized
1 6.3

A test that measures how fast red blood cells sink in a tube to show infection or disease

third-rate hotel
  • Informal
1 3.1

A hotel with poor rooms and bad service

The price charged when shops buy goods in large amounts

5.5

A key interest rate set by the Bank of England that other loan rates follow

2.7

An event when shops sell goods at much lower prices for a short time to clear old stock

depreciation rate
  • Specialized
5.3

A measure of how quickly things like cars or machines lose value over time, often used for tax

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

How Favorable

to honor
  • US
796 2.3
to praise
331 1.0
to commend
  • Formal
10 5.4
to rate
292 2.7
to criticize
701 3.3
to insult
  • Offensive
543 2.1

Surface Forms

rate infinitive
rated past
rated past participle
rating present participle
rates third person singular

Etymology

As a verb, rate also comes from the idea of a 'calculation' and is related to ratio, so to rate something is to 'judge' or give it a value. That's why you can rate a film with a number or say someone is highly rated.