rate
🇺🇸
/reɪt/
🇬🇧
/reɪt/
noun
A2
how fast something happens
The rate of change is very fast.
A2
how often something happens in a time period
The success rate is high.
B1
a fixed price or charge
The interest rate is low.
R
a tax paid for using land or buildings
The business rate is due soon.
verb
B2
to judge the quality or value of something
I rate this book highly.
R
to think something is good
How do you rate the new movie?
B2
to give a score or rank to something
The hotel is rated five stars.
R
to be important enough for something
The news did not rate much attention.
R
to say who can watch a movie
The film is rated for adults only.
translation
how fast something happens; how often something happens in a time period; a fixed price or charge; a tax paid for using land or buildings
to judge the quality or value of something; to think something is good; to give a score or rank to something; to be important enough for something; to say who can watch a movie
Word Forms
3rd Present
rates
Past
rated
Perfect
rated
Progressive
rating
Plural
rates