rate

Pronunciation

• enPR: rāt, IPA ^(key): /reɪt/

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Noun

Singular rate

Plural rates

1. Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.

   The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.

   Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.

   If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.

Verb

Plain form rate

Third-person singular rates

Past tense rated

Past participle rated

Present participle rating

1. Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).

   I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.