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rate

US

/reɪt/

UK

/reɪt/

Meaning

To judge or express how good, useful, or important someone or something is.

किसी व्यक्ति या चीज़ की गुणवत्ता, उपयोगिता या महत्त्व का आकलन करना या बताना।

Examples

“Customers rate the new app highly for its simple design.”

rate something highlycustomer feedback

“How would you rate your experience at the clinic?”

ask for an evaluationrate an experience

“The restaurant received a high rating from local reviewers.”

word-family formreviews

Useful patterns

rate something highly or poorlyrate someone or something on a scalerate something from one to tenrate a service or experience

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Word family

rating(noun)

Common collocations

rate highlyrate a productrate a servicerate an experiencerate someone five starsrate on a scalecustomer rating

Common mistakes

Not natural: I rate this hotel as five stars.

Better: I rate this hotel five stars.

When giving a score, rate is usually followed directly by the score, without as.

स्कोर बताते समय rate के बाद सीधे स्कोर आता है; आम तौर पर उसके पहले as नहीं लगाते।

Not natural: She rates highly this restaurant.

Better: She rates this restaurant highly.

Place the object after rate and put highly after the object.

rate के तुरंत बाद जिस चीज़ का आकलन हो रहा है, उसे रखें; highly उसके बाद आता है।

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Learner tip

For a score, say “rate it five stars” or “rate it from one to ten”; use “rate it highly” for a general judgment.

स्कोर देने के लिए “rate it five stars” या “rate it from one to ten” कहें; सामान्य राय के लिए “rate it highly” इस्तेमाल करें।

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If you rate a film highly, what are you saying?

अगर आप किसी फ़िल्म को highly rate करते हैं, तो आपका क्या मतलब है?