rate

Pronunciation: /ɹeɪt/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit
  2. noun amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis
  3. noun the relative speed of progress or change

Etymology

From Middle English rate, from Old French rate, from Medieval Latin rata, from Latin prō ratā parte (“according to a fixed part”), from ratus (“fixed”), from rērī (“think, deem, judge, estimate", originally "reckon, calculate”).

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
magnitude relation
Narrower (hyponyms)
birthrate, respiratory rate, pulse, flux, speed, kilometers per hour

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