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5 croak, squawk, screech: The sergeant rasped out another
command and the company marched forward.
rate° n. 1 measure, pace, gait, speed, velocity, Colloq clip: We
moved along at a pretty fast rate. Rates of production must
increase. 2 charge, price, fee, tariff, figure, amount; toll:
The rate for a hotel room has increased enormously in the past
few years. 3 percentage, scale, proportion: What is the current
rate of interest on government savings bonds? 4 Usually, -rate.
rank, grade, place, standing, status, position, class,
classification, kind, sort, type, rating, status, worth, value,
valuation, evaluation: After a few years, he had improved from
a second-rate typist to a first-rate secretary. 5 at any rate.
in any case, in any event, anyway, at all events, anyhow, under
any circumstances, regardless, notwithstanding: At any rate,
with their last child out of university, they have no more
worries about paying education costs.
--v. 6 rank, grade, class, classify, evaluate, estimate,
calculate, compute, count, reckon, judge, gauge, assess,
appraise, measure: How do you rate your chances of beating the
champion? 7 merit, be entitled to, deserve, be worthy of, have
a claim to: The play doesn't rate all the attention it's been
getting in the press. 8 count, place, measure: She rates very
high among her friends.
rateý v. scold, berate, reprimand, rebuke, reproach, reprove, take to
task, upbraid, censure, Colloq bawl out, dress down, US and
Canadian chew out: I was rated severely for staying out after
midnight.
rather adv. 1 quite, very, somewhat, fairly, moderately, to a certain
extent or degree or measure, to some extent or degree or
measure, more or less, pretty, slightly, Colloq sort of, kind
of: I suppose she was rather good-looking, but at that age I
didn't pay much attention to girls. This coffee tastes rather
strange. 2 preferably, sooner, instead, more readily or
willingly: Given an option, I choose to live alone rather than
marry. 3 would or Colloq US had rather. prefer, choose: Given
a choice, I would rather live alone.
ratify v. approve, sanction, endorse, support, corroborate, uphold,
back (up), sustain, establish, validate, substantiate, verify,