DictionaryrateAssessing value or quality
verb

rate

To judge the value, quality, or standing of someone or something.

The judges rate each performance separately.

Etymology

Rate names an assessed value or proportion. The verb applies that assessment to deciding someone’s or something’s quality and relative standing.

More examples

  • She rated the book highly.
  • They have rated the trail as difficult.
  • Reviewers are rating the new device.

Forms

rate · rates · rated · rating

rating noun — An assessment of quality or standing.

Similar words

evaluate
Examines value or quality, often in detail.
rank
Places things in an ordered comparison.