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rate

/ rate /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
"a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
Type of:
charge
Kinds of:
pay rate rate of pay payment rate rate of payment repayment rate
noun Sense 2
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
"they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"
"the rate of change was faster than expected"
Type of:
magnitude relation quantitative relation
Kinds of:
acceleration attrition rate rate of attrition birthrate birth rate
verb Sense 3
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"
"The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
Type of:
judge
Kinds of:
superordinate shortlist seed reorder subordinate
Derived:
place position mark grade score
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
estimate the value of
"How would you rate his chances to become President?"
"Gold was rated highly among the Romans"
Type of:
measure evaluate valuate
Kinds of:
revalue
Derived:
evaluation valuation rating
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 5
be worthy of or have a certain rating
"This bond rates highly"
Type of:
be
Derived:
rating
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something from somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
noun Sense 6
the relative speed of progress or change
"he lived at a fast pace"
"he works at a great rate"
"the pace of events accelerated"
Type of:
temporal property
Kinds of:
speed swiftness fastness beat celerity
Derived:
pace
Semantic Complexity
56%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
40
Times Searched
3
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charge pay rate rate of pay payment rate rate of payment repayment rate magnitude relation quantitative relation acceleration attrition rate rate of attrition birthrate