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English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪtɪŋ|-eɪtɪŋ

Verb

rating

Noun

A seaman in a warship
The status of a seaman, corresponding to rank in officers.
* In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are:- ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
: He has a high chess rating.

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Croatian: {{t-|hr|rejting|m}}
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rate \Rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Rated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rating.]
1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price
or degree.
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To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a
rule frequent indeed, but not infallible. --South.
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You seem not high enough your joys to rate.
--Dryden.
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2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
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3. To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount,
value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a
seaman; to rate a pension.
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4. To ratify. [Obs.] "To rate the truce." --Chapman.
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To rate a chronometer, to ascertain the exact rate of its
gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an
allowance or computation dependent thereon.
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Syn: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.
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WordNet rating
n 1: an appraisal of the value of something; "he set a high
valuation on friendship" [syn: evaluation, valuation]
2: act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of [syn: evaluation]
3: standing or position on a scale
4: rank in a military organization [syn: military rank, {military
rating}, paygrade]

Moby Dictionary
abuse , admonishment , admonition , analysis , analyzing , appraisal ,
appraisement , appraising , appreciation , apprizal , approximation ,
arrangement , assailing , assault , assessing , assessment , assize ,
assizement , attack , bank credit , berating , bitter words ,
blackening , blood , book credit , borrowing power , bracket , branch ,
calculation , cash credit , caste , castigation , cataloging ,
categorization , category , chastisement , chiding , clan , class ,
classification , codification , commercial credit , computation ,
condition , consumer credit , contumely , correction , credit ,
credit insurance , credit rating , credit union , determination ,
diatribe , division , dual pricing , echelon , estate , estimate ,
estimation , evaluating , evaluation , evaluative criticism ,
execration , filing , footing , gauging , grade , grading , group ,
grouping , hard words , head , heading , hierarchy , hire purchase plan ,
indexing , installment credit , installment plan , instrumentation ,
invective , investment credit , jawing , jeremiad , kin , label ,
lecture , lesson , level , line of credit , measure , measurement ,
measuring , mensuration , metric system , never-never , objurgation ,
onslaught , opinion , order , philippic , pigeonhole , pigeonholing ,
place , placement , position , power structure , precedence ,
predicament , price determination , pricing , quantification ,
quantization , race , ranging , rank , ranking , rate , rebuke ,
reckoning , reprehension , reprimand , reproach , reprobation , reproof ,
reproval , revilement , rubric , scolding , screed , section , sept ,
sermon , set , sorting , spanking , sphere , stage , standing , station ,
status , strain , stratification , stratum , subdivision , subgroup ,
suborder , survey , surveying , tabulation , tax credit , taxonomy ,
telemetering , telemetry , tick , tirade , title , tongue-lashing ,
triangulation , trust , typology , unit pricing , upbraiding ,
valuation , valuing , view , vilification , vituperation , weighing