noun
Meaning 1
A position on a scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rating
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/
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US: /ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/
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US: [ˈɹeɪɾɪŋ]
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rhymes with -eɪtɪŋ
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noun
Meaning 2
An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- They have a poor credit rating.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He has a high chess rating.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 5
A seaman in a warship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 6
An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Topics: nautical, transport
Examples
- In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer.
Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 7
present participle and gerund of rate
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 8
act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evaluation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: judgment, judgement, assessment
Narrower terms: marking, grading, scoring
noun
Meaning 9
an appraisal of the value of something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he set a high valuation on friendship
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: evaluation, valuation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: appraisal, assessment
Narrower terms: overvaluation, undervaluation, pricing, reevaluation, mark, grade, score, bond rating
noun
Meaning 10
standing or position on a scale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: standing
noun
Meaning 11
rank in a military organization
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: military rank, military rating, paygrade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rank
Narrower terms: flag rank
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: класи́ране (klasírane) — position on a scale
- Finnish: luokitus — position on a scale
- French: notation — position on a scale
- Persian: درجهبندی (daraje-bandi) — position on a scale
- Portuguese: marca — position on a scale
- Spanish: calificación — position on a scale
- Spanish: clasificación — position on a scale
- Armenian: վարկանիշ (varkaniš) — evaluation of status
- Armenian: ռեյտինգ (ṙeyting) — evaluation of status
- Azerbaijani: reytinq — evaluation of status
- Belarusian: рэ́йтынг (réjtynh) — evaluation of status
- Bulgarian: ре́йтинг (réjting) — evaluation of status
- Chinese Mandarin: 評級 /评级 (píngjí) — evaluation of status
- Chinese Mandarin: 分級 /分级 (fēnjí) — evaluation of status
- Chinese Mandarin: 級別 /级别 (jíbié) — evaluation of status
- Finnish: luokitus — evaluation of status
- French: notation — evaluation of status
- French: évaluation — evaluation of status
- French: rating — evaluation of status
- Georgian: რეიტინგი (reiṭingi) — evaluation of status
- German: Rating — evaluation of status
- Hungarian: rangsorolás — evaluation of status
- Hungarian: értékelés — evaluation of status
- Icelandic: einkunn — evaluation of status
- Japanese: レイティング (reitingu) — evaluation of status
- Japanese: 評価 (hyōka) — evaluation of status
- Japanese: 格付け (kakuzuke) — evaluation of status
- Japanese: 等級 (tōkyū) — evaluation of status
- Kazakh: рейтинг (reitiñ) — evaluation of status
- Korean: 순위 (sunwi) — evaluation of status
- Korean: 레이팅 (reiting) — evaluation of status
- Korean: 평가 (pyeongga) — evaluation of status
- Korean: 등급 (deunggeup) — evaluation of status
- Latin: taxātiō — evaluation of status
- Latvian: novērtējums — evaluation of status
- Macedonian: рејтинг (rejting) — evaluation of status
- Russian: ре́йтинг (rɛ́jting) — evaluation of status
- Serbo-Croatian: рејтинг — evaluation of status
- Serbo-Croatian: rejting — evaluation of status
- Spanish: calificación — evaluation of status
- Ukrainian: ре́йтинг (réjtynh) — evaluation of status
- Ukrainian: оці́нка (ocínka) — evaluation of status
- Armenian: վարկանիշ (varkaniš) — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Czech: hodnocení — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Czech: ohodnocení — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Finnish: luokitus — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Italian: punteggio — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Italian: valutazione — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Serbo-Croatian: рејтинг — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Serbo-Croatian: rejting — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Spanish: calificación — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Spanish: evaluación — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Spanish: clasificación — mark that refers to the ability of something
- Finnish: merisotilas — seaman in a warship
- Finnish: merimies — seaman in a warship
- Hebrew: חוֹגֵר (khoger) — seaman in a warship
- Finnish: luokitus — status of a seaman
- Hebrew: דֵּרוּג (derug) — status of a seaman
- Irish: grád — status of a seaman
- Portuguese: patente — status of a seaman
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