to rate
- verb
- /reɪt/
- Anyway, what would you rate this meal?
- rate yourself
- rate movies
- ask participants to rate
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Watch on YouTubeSo I'm just gonna rate them in this video, OK?
- So I'm just gonna rate them in this video, OK?
- A game and I want you to rate my scan.
- What is Zack Snyder's Justice League rated for rated R for?
- This is an adult movie, rated R, No business.
- Just on listen to what's on the go and rate US five stars.
- And I always found that I always rated people higher.
- It's, you know, people rate them, racism, all that stuff.
- No, this is rated off for mature folks.
Examples
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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?
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And so for me, I rate this as high.
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I do, I do rate that it's fine.
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- How would you rate this one, Miles?
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So I'm just gonna rate them in this video, OK?
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Anyway, what would you rate this food, Anthony?
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But I also want her to meet with a new guy I rate very highly, Mark Ronson.
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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 put someone or something in an order by importance
To give a letter or number to show how good their work is
To decide how much money something should cost
To find how much something is worth
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
The extra money you pay when you borrow or receive when you save each year
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The percentage of people looking for work who do not have a job
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The number of people who die in a group each year per 1,000 people
The value of one country's money when you change it for another country's money
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The number of people who die in a population each year shown per 1,000 people
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The percent that shows how much prices for things and services rise over time
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Number of babies who die before their first birthday per 1,000 live births
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The number of breaths a person takes each minute used to check health
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The speed at which digital information moves through a connection, measured in bits per second
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The number of bits sent or processed each second in audio and video files
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A blood test that shows how fast red blood cells settle to check for inflammation
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The value at which one country's money can buy another country's money
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The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
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How fast the body uses energy while resting to keep breathing and stay warm
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A system where a government keeps a country's money at a set value, often linked to another currency or gold
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The interest rate that a country's central bank sets for loans to commercial banks
A high quality school or university training that gives strong knowledge and skills
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The number of times per second a device measures a sound to make a digital file
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A system where a currency's value changes because of buying and selling in the market, not set by the government
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A faster than normal fall of red blood cells in a blood test that shows inflammation in the body
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A test that measures how fast red blood cells sink in a tube to show infection or disease
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The percentage by which property or equipment loses value over a period for accounting
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The price of one currency that goes up and down with market buying and selling
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A measure of how quickly things like cars or machines lose value over time, often used for tax
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A system that fixes a country's money value to another country's money
- Formal
Independent United States agency that recommends prices for mail services
How Favorable
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Surface Forms
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.