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- Dictionaryrate/rāt/
noun
- 1. a measure, quantity, or frequency, typically one measured against some other quantity or measure: "the crime rate rose by 26 percent"
- 2. a fixed price paid or charged for something, especially goods or services: "advertising rates" Similar
verb
- 1. assign a standard or value to (something) according to a particular scale: "they were asked to rate their ability at different driving maneuvers" Similar
- 2. consider to be of a certain quality, standard, or rank: "the program has been rated a great success" Similar
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Merriam-Webster unabridged. The meaning of RATE is a quantity, amount, or degree of something measured per unit of something else. How to use rate in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rate.
the speed at which something happens or changes, or the amount or number of times it happens or changes in a particular period: Although she's recovering from her illness, her rate of progress is quite slow. I told my assistants to work at their own rate. The taxi was going at a tremendous rate.
Rate definition: the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation. See examples of RATE used in a sentence.
noun. the relative speed of progress or change. “he works at a great rate ” synonyms: clip, pace. see more. verb. estimate the value of. “How would you rate his chances to become President?” “Gold was rated highly among the Romans” synonyms: value. see more.
1. the amount of a charge or payment with reference to some basis of calculation: a high rate of interest on loans. 2. a certain amount of one thing considered in relation to a unit of another thing: at the rate of 60 miles an hour. 3. a fixed charge per unit of quantity: a rate of 10 cents a pound.
17 meanings: 1. a quantity or amount considered in relation to or measured against another quantity or amount 2. a. a price or.... Click for more definitions.
[countable] a measurement of the number of times something happens or something does something during a particular period. We have seen a reduction in the crime rate over the last 12 months. a high success/failure rate. the youth unemployment rate. His pulse rate dropped suddenly. rate of something a high/low/rising rate of unemployment.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English rate1 /reɪt/ S1 W1 noun [ countable] 1 number the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a certain period birth/unemployment/crime etc rate Australia’s unemployment rate rose to 6.5% in February. a rapid increase in the divorce rate high/low rate of ...
how often something happens, or how many people something happens to: the birth rate. the rate of unemployment. Fewer examples. The accident rate has fallen in recent years. The country has a high infant mortality rate. The government says the crime rate has fallen.
Verb Forms. [transitive, intransitive] to have or think that somebody/something has a particular level of quality, value, etc. rate somebody/something + adv./prep. The university is highly rated for its research.
