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rateverb1 to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)how does a summer intern rate a new computer when I've been told to make do with this clunker? deserve, earn, merit entitle, qualify to make an approximate or tentative judgment regardingnowadays most motorists would probably rate their cell phone as an "essential" piece of electronic equipment appraise, assess, estimate, evaluate, guesstimate, set, valuate, value adjudge, deem, judgeascertain, determine, discover, learnprice, prizedecide, settleanalyze, assay, survey, testreappraise, reassess, reevaluate, rejudge, revaluetransvaluate, transvaluemisesteem, misjudge, misprize, underestimate, undervalue to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classesa restaurant that consistently rates high in all the standard categories be, grade, place, rank, stand seedcountcategorize, class, classify, codify, compartmentalize, group, separate, set, sortinstall, instate to think of in a particular wayI would rate her my best friend; after all, she's always been there when I needed her account, call, consider, count, esteem, hold, look (on or upon), reckon, regard, set down, view believe, deem, feel, sense, thinkconceive, fancy, imagine take for rateverb2to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failingsa tyrannical father who usually spent most of dinnertime rating his children on their alleged multitude of failings baste, bawl out, berate, call down, castigate, chastise, chew out, dress down, flay, hammer, jaw, keelhaul, lambaste(or lambast), lecture, rag, rail (at or against), rant (at), ream (out), rebuke, reprimand, reproach, scold, score, tongue-lash, upbraid admonish, chide, remonstrate (with), reproveabuse, assail, attack, bad-mouth, blame, blast, censure, condemn, criticize, crucify, denounce, dis(also diss, slang), excoriate, fault, harangue, knock, lace (into), lash, pan, reprehend, revile, scourge, slam, vituperatebelittle, disparage, mock, put downridicule, scoff, scorn lay into, read the riot act (to), take to task approve, endorse(also indorse), sanctionextol(also extoll), laud, praise ratenoundegree of excellencenot being of the first rate, these apples are usually sold as food for livestock caliber(or calibre), class, grade, quality hallmarkmarkfooting, place, position, rank, standing, stature, statusbenchmark, criterion, measure, par, standard, touchstone, yardstick the relationship in quantity, amount, or size between two or more thingsthe exchange rate was 10 pesos to the dollar when we visited Mexico proportion, ratio averagefrequencycorrespondencepercentage disproportion v.estimate, appraise, evaluate, value, rate, assess mean to judge something with respect to its worth or significance.estimate implies a judgment, considered or casual, that precedes or takes the place of actual measuring or counting or testing out.estimated the crowd at two hundred appraise commonly implies the fixing by an expert of the monetary worth of a thing, but it may be used of any critical judgment.having their house appraised evaluate suggests an attempt to determine relative or intrinsic worth in terms other than monetary.evaluate a student's work value equals appraise but without implying expertness of judgment.a watercolor valued by the donor at $500 rate adds to estimate the notion of placing a thing according to a scale of values.a highly rated restaurant assess implies a critical appraisal for the purpose of understanding or interpreting, or as a guide in taking action.officials are trying to assess the damage in the 14th century |