rate
part of speech
noun (rate, rates); verb (rate, rates, rated, rating)
meaning for a pupil
1) A rate tells how much of one thing goes with one unit of another, like miles in each hour or dollars for each hour of work. tree →
2) A rate is how fast something happens: the rate of growth, a heart rate. tree →
3) A rate is a price or charge: the hourly rate, the rate for a room. tree →
4) To rate is to judge how good something is: «I rate it 4 stars». tree →
5) «At any rate» means anyway. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In these verses it means a fixed amount paid year by year. Interpretation: The visitors brought Solomon gifts every year. The tradition reads this as a sign of his wealth and fame. In the primary lessons: In maths: a rate of speed, pay, work, flow or price per unit; the key to multiply or divide; «per», «each», «an hour», «a minute»; «at this rate». In science: heart rate, rate of melting or growing. In everyday life: star ratings, rates of pay. In stories: «at this rate we'll never get there!»
examples
- And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. (Writings 2CH.9.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. (Prophets 1KI.10.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- He works at a rate of $12 per hour. tree →
- The tap fills at a rate of 5 liters a minute. tree →
- At this rate, how far will she go in 4 hours? tree →
- She types at a rate of 40 words a minute. tree →
- Your heart rate goes up when you run. tree →
- The plant grew at a rate of 1 cm a week. tree →
- I rate this book five stars. tree →
- Babysitters charge an hourly rate. tree →
- At any rate, we tried our best. tree →
- "I've got him now, at any rate," thought he. tree →
note
Marks a per-unit amount: total = rate × time (or count), and rate = total ÷ time. Trap: «at this rate» means keep the same rate for a new time; match units (minutes vs hours: 60 minutes = 1 hour). «First-rate» means excellent; «second-rate» means not very good.
In the corpora
- Overtime is working extra hours beyond the normal ones; sometimes it is paid at a higher rate, sometimes not paid at all.
- In Canada the provinces rate films; ratings such as 14A mean under-14s must be with an adult.
- A film can be rated again when it is re-released years later, and its rating may change.
- Many chatbot apps are rated for ages 13 and up.
- Australia and New Zealand have some of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «rate» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.