| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
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| NOUN | 1 | rate, charge per unit | Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis |
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| 2 | rate | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit | |
| 3 | rate, pace | The relative speed of progress or change | |
| VERB | 1 | rate, rank, range, order, grade, place | Assign a rank or rating to |
| 2 | rate | Be worthy of or have a certain rating | |
| 3 | rate, value | Estimate the value of |
| Sounds | rey't |
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| Rhymes | abate, abbreviate, abdicate, and 533 more rhymes in eyt at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis. |
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| Examples | "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5" |
| Synonyms | charge per unit |
| Narrower | pay rate, rate of pay; payment rate, rate of payment, repayment rate, installment rate; tax rate; interest rate, rate of interest; freight, freightage, freight rate; rate of depreciation, depreciation rate; rate of exchange, exchange rate; excursion rate; footage; linage, lineage; room rate |
| Broader | charge |
| Meaning | A magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit. |
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| Examples | "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected" |
| Narrower | acceleration; attrition rate, rate of attrition; birthrate, birth rate, fertility, fertility rate, natality; bits per second, bps; crime rate; data rate; deathrate, death rate, morbidity, mortality, mortality rate, fatality rate; dose rate; erythrocyte sedimentation rate, ESR, sedimentation rate, sed rate; flow, flow rate, rate of flow; flux; frequency, frequence, oftenness; gigahertz, GHz, gigacycle per second, gigacycle, Gc; growth rate, rate of growth; Hertz, Hz, cycle per second, cycles/second, cps, cycle; inflation rate, rate of inflation; jerk, rate of acceleration; kilohertz, kHz, kilocycle per second, kilocycle, kc; kilometers per hour, kilometres per hour, kph, km/h; megahertz, MHz, megacycle per second, megacycle, Mc; terahertz, THz; metabolic rate; miles per hour, mph; pace, gait; pulse, pulse rate, heart rate; respiratory rate, rate of respiration; revolutions per minute, rpm, rev; sampling rate; solar constant; spacing; speed, velocity; tempo, pace; words per minute, wpm |
| Broader | magnitude relation, quantitative relation |
| Meaning | The relative speed of progress or change. |
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| Examples | "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated" |
| Synonyms | pace |
| Narrower | speed, swiftness, fastness; beat; celerity, quickness, rapidity; slowness, deliberation, deliberateness, unhurriedness |
| Broader | temporal property |
| Meaning | Assign a rank or rating to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam and Sue rate the movie |
| Examples | "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" |
| Synonyms | rank, range, order, grade, place |
| Narrower | superordinate; shortlist; seed; reorder; subordinate; prioritize, prioritise; sequence; downgrade; upgrade |
| Broader | judge |
| Meaning | Be worthy of or have a certain rating. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This bond rates highly" |
| Broader | be |
| Nouns | rating |
| Meaning | Estimate the value of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans" |
| Synonyms | value |
| Narrower | revalue |
| Broader | measure, evaluate, valuate, assess, appraise, value |
| Nouns | rating; rating |