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rating

rating

460 2.6
A score that shows how good something like a film or restaurant is
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪtɪŋ/
translation icon : valoración
  • And they now have great ratings, they really do.
  • rating scale
  • teacher ratings
  • average rating

Huge success, huge ratings go up every week.

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Examples

  • None of the topics received ratings of Very High, with several receiving Low ratings.

    Academic text (2017)
  • You can see it in ratings on these news outlets.

  • But it comes away with a quite good rating here because of this.

  • So this is the rating of the care you get.

  • No wonder their news ratings are way down.

  • The White House news conference ratings are through the roof.

  • The only demo where you have an approval rating above 30% is with children under the age of five.

  • The Rosefield rating is excellent.

  • Again, all five studies were awarded ratings that qualified them to meet acceptable standards.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The movie received an outstanding rating from critics, highlighting its excellent storyline.

Synonyms

assessment
vsrating
474 2.8

A decision about how good someone's work or skills are

is the numerical score or value given after such a judgment
evaluation
vsrating
329 3.7

A careful decision about how good or valuable something is

is the score or value produced by that process
appraisal
vsrating
15 4.3

A judgment of how well someone does their job or how much something is worth

is the numeric or descriptive score resulting from that estimate

Compounds

approval rating
  • Literature
84 2.7

The share of people in polls who say they support a person, group, or idea

29 3.5

A number showing how likely a person, company or country will repay loans

15 3.3

A way to put people or things into levels by how good they are

bond rating
  • Specialized
3 5.4

A grade showing how likely a company or government will pay back borrowed money

The highest quality score on a five-point scale

octane rating
  • Specialized
1 4.6

A number that shows how well car fuel stops the knocking sound in an engine

A person's rank in the armed forces

How Good

excellent
1.0
rating
460 2.6
one-star review
  • Texting
2 2.8

Surface Forms

rating singular
ratings plural

Morphology

rating = rate (transparent) = rate + ing

Standard nominalization of the verb 'rate' indicating the act or result of assessing or scoring.

Etymology

Rating for scores or reviews also comes from the verb rate, which means 'to judge' or 'to give a value'. So a rating is the number or score someone gives to show how good or important something is.