Ratenoun
(obsolete) The worth of something; value.
Rankadjective
Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things).
‘rank treason’; ‘rank nonsense’;
Ratenoun
The proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another.
‘At the height of his powers, he was producing pictures at the rate of four a year.’;
Rankadjective
Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
‘rank grass’; ‘rank weeds’;
Ratenoun
Speed.
‘The car was speeding down here at a hell of a rate.’;
Rankadjective
Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
Ratenoun
The relative speed of change or progress.
‘The rate of production at the factory is skyrocketing.’;
Rankadjective
Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
‘rank land’;
Ratenoun
The price of (an individual) thing; cost.
‘He asked quite a rate to take me to the airport.’;
Rankadjective
Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
Ratenoun
A set price or charge for all examples of a given case, commodity, service etc.
‘Postal rates here are low.’;
Rankadjective
Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
‘Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?’;
Ratenoun
A wage calculated in relation to a unit of time.
‘We pay an hourly rate of between $10 – $15 per hour depending on qualifications and experience.’;
Rankadjective
Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
‘I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.’;
Ratenoun
Any of various taxes, especially those levied by a local authority.
‘I hardly have enough left every month to pay the rates.’;
Rankadjective
(informal) Gross, disgusting.
Ratenoun
(nautical) A class into which ships were assigned based on condition, size etc.; by extension, rank.
‘This textbook is first-rate.’;
Rankadjective
(obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
Ratenoun
(obsolete) Established portion or measure; fixed allowance; ration.
Rankadjective
(obsolete) Inflamed with venereal appetite; ruttish.
Ratenoun
(obsolete) Order; arrangement.
Rankadverb
(obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
Ratenoun
(obsolete) Ratification; approval.
Ranknoun
A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
‘The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.’;
Ratenoun
(horology) The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time.
‘daily rate; hourly rate; etc.’;
Ranknoun
(music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
Rateverb
(transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level.
‘She is rated fourth in the country.’;
Ranknoun
One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
‘Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.’; ‘The fancy hotel was of the first rank.’;
Rateverb
(transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of.
‘They rate his talents highly.’;
Ranknoun
The level of one's position in a class-based society
Rateverb
(transitive) To consider or regard.
‘He rated this book brilliant.’;
Ranknoun
a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
‘Private First Class (PFC) is the second-lowest rank in the Marines.’; ‘He rose up through the ranks of the company, from mailroom clerk to CEO.’;
Rateverb
(transitive) To deserve; to be worth.
‘The view here hardly rates a mention in the travel guide.’;
Ranknoun
(taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
‘Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.’;
Rateverb
(transitive) To determine the limits of safe functioning for a machine or electrical device.
‘The transformer is rated at 10 watts.’;
Ranknoun
(linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
Rateverb
To evaluate a property's value for the purposes of local taxation.
Ranknoun
(mathematics) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
Rateverb
To like; to think highly of.
‘The customers don't rate the new burgers.’;
Ranknoun
(algebra) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
Rateverb
(intransitive) To have position (in a certain class).
‘She rates among the most excellent chefs in the world.’; ‘He rates as the best cyclist in the country.’;
Ranknoun
(mathematics) The size of any basis of a given matroid.
Rateverb
(intransitive) To have value or standing.
‘This last performance of hers didn't rate very high with the judges.’;
Ranknoun
(chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). The analog vertical lines are the files.
Rateverb
(transitive) To ratify.
Ranknoun
(typically in the plural) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation.
Rateverb
To ascertain the exact rate of the gain or loss of (a chronometer) as compared with true time.
Rankverb
To place abreast, or in a line.
Rateverb
(transitive) To berate, scold.
Rankverb
To have a ranking.
‘Their defense ranked third in the league.’;
Rateverb
To chide with vehemence; to scold; to censure violently; to berate.
‘Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!’; ‘Conscience is a check to beginners in sin, reclaiming them from it, and rating them for it.’;
Rankverb
To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
Rateverb
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.’; ‘You seem not high enough your joys to rate.’;
Rankverb
(US) To take rank of; to outrank.
Rateverb
To assess for the payment of a rate or tax.
Rankadjective
Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.
‘And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.’;
Rateverb
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.
Rankadjective
Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy.
Rateverb
To ratify.
Rankadjective
Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land.
Rateverb
To be set or considered in a class; to have rank; as, the ship rates as a ship of the line.
Rankadjective
Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue.
Rateverb
To make an estimate.
Rankadjective
Strong to the taste.
Ratenoun
Established portion or measure; fixed allowance.
‘The one right feeble through the evil rateOf food which in her duress she had found.’;
Rankadjective
Inflamed with venereal appetite.
Ratenoun
That which is established as a measure or criterion; degree; standard; rank; proportion; ratio; as, a slow rate of movement; rate of interest is the ratio of the interest to the principal, per annum.
‘Heretofore the rate and standard of wit was different from what it is nowadays.’; ‘In this did his holiness and godliness appear above the rate and pitch of other men's, in that he was so . . . merciful.’; ‘Many of the horse could not march at that rate, nor come up soon enough.’;
Rankadverb
Rankly; stoutly; violently.
‘That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.’;
Ratenoun
Valuation; price fixed with relation to a standard; cost; charge; as, high or low rates of transportation.
‘They come at dear rates from Japan.’;
Ranknoun
A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.
‘Many a mountain nighRising in lofty ranks, and loftier still.’;
Ratenoun
A tax or sum assessed by authority on property for public use, according to its income or value; esp., in England, a local tax; as, parish rates; town rates.
Ranknoun
A line of soldiers ranged side by side; - opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a).
‘Fierce, fiery warriors fought upon the clouds,In ranks and squadrons and right form of war.’;
Ratenoun
Order; arrangement.
‘Thus sat they all around in seemly rate.’;
Ranknoun
Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral.
Ratenoun
Ratification; approval.
Ranknoun
An aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings.
Ratenoun
The gain or loss of a timepiece in a unit of time; as, daily rate; hourly rate; etc.
Ranknoun
Degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank.
‘These all are virtues of a meaner rank.’;
Ratenoun
The order or class to which a war vessel belongs, determined according to its size, armament, etc.; as, first rate, second rate, etc.
Ranknoun
Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank.
Ratenoun
amount of a charge or payment relative to some basis;
‘a 10-minute phone call at that rate would cost $5’;
Rankverb
To place abreast, or in a line.
Ratenoun
a magnitude or frequency relative to a time unit;
‘they traveled at a rate of 55 miles per hour’; ‘the rate of change was faster than expected’;
Rankverb
To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify.
‘Ranking all things under general and special heads.’; ‘Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.’; ‘Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft.’;
Ratenoun
the relative speed of progress or change;
‘he lived at a fast pace’; ‘he works at a great rate’; ‘the pace of events accelerated’;
Rankverb
To take rank of; to outrank.
Rateverb
assign a rank or rating to;
‘how would you rank these students?’; ‘The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide’;
Rankverb
To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.
‘Let that one article rank with the rest.’;
Rateverb
be worthy of or have a certain rating;
‘This bond rates highly’;
Rankverb
To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.
Rateverb
estimate the value of;
‘How would you rate his chances to become President?’; ‘Gold was rated highly among the Romans’;
Ranknoun
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another;
‘the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen’;
Ranknoun
relative status;
‘his salary was determined by his rank and seniority’;
Ranknoun
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army);
‘the strike was supported by the union rank and file’; ‘he rose from the ranks to become a colonel’;
Ranknoun
position in a social hierarchy;
‘the British are more aware of social status than Americans are’;
Ranknoun
the body of members of an organization or group;
‘they polled their membership’; ‘they found dissension in their own ranks’; ‘he joined the ranks of the unemployed’;
Rankverb
take or have a position relative to others;
‘This painting ranks among the best in the Western World’;
Rankverb
assign a rank or rating to;
‘how would you rank these students?’; ‘The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide’;
Rankverb
take precedence or surpass others in rank
Rankadjective
very fertile; producing profuse growth;
‘rank earth’;
Rankadjective
very offensive in smell or taste;
‘a rank cigar’;
Rankadjective
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible;
‘a crying shame’; ‘an egregious lie’; ‘flagrant violation of human rights’; ‘a glaring error’; ‘gross ineptitude’; ‘gross injustice’; ‘rank treachery’;
Rankadjective
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers;
‘absolute freedom’; ‘an absolute dimwit’; ‘a downright lie’; ‘out-and-out mayhem’; ‘an out-and-out lie’; ‘a rank outsider’; ‘many right-down vices’; ‘got the job through sheer persistence’; ‘sheer stupidity’;
Rankadjective
growing profusely;
‘rank jungle vegetation’;
