What part of speech is rate?

Rate can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. rate is a verb, present, 1st person singular of rate (infinitive).
  • 2. rate is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. rate is a noun, singular of rates.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does rate mean?

Definitions

Verb

rate - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
rate - estimate the value of; "How would you rate his chances to become President?"; "Gold was rated highly among the Romans"
rate - be worthy of or have a certain rating; "This bond rates highly"

Noun

rate - a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit; "they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour"; "the rate of change was faster than expected"
rate - amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis; "a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5"
rate - a quantity or amount or measure considered as a proportion of another quantity or amount or measure; "the literacy rate"; "the retention rate"; "the dropout rate"
rate - the relative speed of progress or change; "he lived at a fast pace"; "he works at a great rate"; "the pace of events accelerated"

Examples of rate

#   Sentence  
1. noun They traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour.
2. noun The rate of change was faster than expected.
3. noun A 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5.
4. noun The literacy rate.
5. noun The retention rate.
6. noun The dropout rate.
7. noun He works at a great rate.
8. noun ...a drop in the birth rate, a deterioration in women's reproductive health, an increase in complications during pregnancy and birth, and a deterioration in neonatal health....
9. noun The dynamics of change in the state of health of children affected by the Chernobyl accident in all three countries - Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine - in the post-accident period is characterized by persistent negative tendencies: the morbidity rate is going up, the number of really healthy children is dropping, and disability is increasing .
10. noun The horrifying added factor is the high birth rate.
11. noun The rate schedule on Tennessee should be either NET-2 or NET-284.
12. noun The Foreign Currency Amount shall equal the Base Currency Amount, multiplied by the daily London Metal Exchange (LME) fixing rate as published by Reuters on page MTLE on the date of the transaction, modified by the price submitted by the Counterparty via the Website.
13. noun At any rate, be careful and be safe.
14. noun At this rate we may have to start pinning notes to your shirt to remind you to do things.
15. noun Please send me an excel spreadsheet which depicts the value that you see associated with the heat rate spread option.
16. verb How would you rate his chances to become President?
17. verb I would rate Fran pcs an A+ because the price was lower than everyone else, i got my computer back the next day, and the professionalism he showed was great.
18. verb Rate a church?
19. verb Might as well just hotpot the curb and rate the traffic light.
20. verb (For some reason itwill not let me rate it one star - it is not rated 5 by me!).
21. verb Rate the routes, with understandable markings and a more detailed system than easy, moderate, and hard.
22. verb We cannot rate the picture highly enough.
23. verb I rate him among the best modern composers in Japan.
24. verb How would you rate that?
25. verb How do you rate the city manager's performance over the past three years?
26. verb On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 is the worst, can you rate your pain?
Sentence  
noun
They traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour.
The rate of change was faster than expected.
A 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5.
The literacy rate.
The retention rate.
The dropout rate.
He works at a great rate.
...a drop in the birth rate, a deterioration in women's reproductive health, an increase in complications during pregnancy and birth, and a deterioration in neonatal health....
The dynamics of change in the state of health of children affected by the Chernobyl accident in all three countries - Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine - in the post-accident period is characterized by persistent negative tendencies: the morbidity rate is going up, the number of really healthy children is dropping, and disability is increasing .
The horrifying added factor is the high birth rate.
The rate schedule on Tennessee should be either NET-2 or NET-284.
The Foreign Currency Amount shall equal the Base Currency Amount, multiplied by the daily London Metal Exchange (LME) fixing rate as published by Reuters on page MTLE on the date of the transaction, modified by the price submitted by the Counterparty via the Website.
At any rate, be careful and be safe.
At this rate we may have to start pinning notes to your shirt to remind you to do things.
Please send me an excel spreadsheet which depicts the value that you see associated with the heat rate spread option.
verb
How would you rate his chances to become President?
I would rate Fran pcs an A+ because the price was lower than everyone else, i got my computer back the next day, and the professionalism he showed was great.
Rate a church?
Might as well just hotpot the curb and rate the traffic light.
(For some reason itwill not let me rate it one star - it is not rated 5 by me!).
Rate the routes, with understandable markings and a more detailed system than easy, moderate, and hard.
We cannot rate the picture highly enough.
I rate him among the best modern composers in Japan.
How would you rate that?
How do you rate the city manager's performance over the past three years?
On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 is the worst, can you rate your pain?

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