rating
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (4)ratings
- an appraisal of the value of something“he set a high valuation on friendship”Synonyms: evaluationvaluationType of appraisal, assessmentKinds mark, pricing, reevaluation, undervaluation, ex-post evaluation, overvaluation, bond rating, ongoing evaluation, ex-ante evaluation
- act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth ofSynonyms: evaluationType of judgment, judgementKinds marking, grading
- standing or position on a scaleType of standing
- rank in a military organizationSynonyms: military rankmilitary ratingpaygradeType of rankKinds flag rank
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Translations
Noun evaluation of status
- Spanish
- calificación
- French
- notation
- German
- Wertung
- Italian
- valutazione
- Russian
- ре́йтинг rɛ́jting
- Arabic
- تقييم taqyīm
- Japanese
- 格付け kakuzuke
- Korean
- 등급 deunggeup
- Hungarian
- értékelés
- Finnish
- luokitus
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“rating” is listed under Rate.
1. To set a certain estimate on; to value at a certain price or degree.
To rate a man by the nature of his companions is a rule frequent indeed, but not infallible.— Robert South
You seem not high enough your joys to rate.— John Dryden
2. To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
3. To settle the relative scale, rank, position, amount, value, or quality of; as, to rate a ship; to rate a seaman; to rate a pension.
4. To ratify. obsolete “To rate the truce.” George Chapman
To rate a chronometer, to ascertain the exact rate of its gain or loss as compared with true time, so as to make an allowance or computation dependent thereon.
Synonyms: To value; appraise; estimate; reckon.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54