to rate
- verb
- /reɪt/
- 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?
- 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 decide how much money something should cost
To give a letter or number to show how good their work is
To find how much something is worth
Idioms
Compounds
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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
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The number of people who die in a population each year shown 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 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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How fast the body uses energy while resting to keep breathing and stay warm
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The value at which one country's money can buy another country's money
A high quality school or university training that gives strong knowledge and skills
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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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The lowest interest rate banks charge to their best business customers
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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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The interest rate that a country's central bank sets for loans to commercial banks
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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 number of times per second a device measures a sound to make a digital file
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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
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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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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
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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.