rating

«rating» in Mova's school dictionary: A score or grade that shows how good, popular or safe… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a rating, ratings)

meaning for a pupil

1) A score or grade that shows how good, popular or safe something is: "a five-star rating". tree →

2) A label that says which ages a film, game or show is suitable for. tree →

3) Ratings are numbers showing how many people watch a TV programme. tree →

4) A rating is an ordinary sailor in the navy, below the rank of officer. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life films and games have age ratings; in online safety pupils learn to check the rating before playing. Shops and apps show star ratings from customers. In maths, ratings appear in tables and charts, and pupils may find the average rating. Phrases: age rating, star rating, high rating, low rating, rating of 4 out of 5.

examples

• This game has an age rating of 12. tree →
• The hotel has a four-star rating. tree →
• Check the rating before you watch a film. tree →
• Our class gave the book a rating of 9 out of 10. tree →
• The new show got very high ratings. tree →
• The fridge has an energy rating of A. tree →
• We worked out the average rating from the survey. tree →
• Weak as she was, he carried her to the ship, where he got a rating for it from the captain. tree →

note

Countable: a rating, ratings. It comes from the verb "rate" (to give a score). Age ratings are there to keep children safe; follow them. In maths, a rating like "4 out of 5" is a score on a scale; to compare ratings, make sure they use the same scale.

In the corpora

• A credit score is a rating of how reliably someone pays; missing payments lowers it and makes borrowing harder and dearer.
• In Canada the provinces rate films; ratings such as 14A mean under-14s must be with an adult.
• Ratings are decided by trained examiners who follow published rules, not by the film makers, and not by guessing.
• Families can be stricter than a rating; parents decide what is right for their child, and different families make different choices.
• A film can be rated again when it is re-released years later, and its rating may change.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rating» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.