rate
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Pronunciation[change]
Noun[change]
- Speed. A rate is how fast something happens. Something can go at a fast rate or a slow rate.
- The rate of water pouring out of the lake into the river is enough to make the lake empty in a year if it doesn't rain.
- Her heart rate is 70 beats every minute.
- If we keep writing pages at this rate we might have 2000 Simple English Wiktionary words by August 4.
Verb[change]
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- Someone rates something when they decide how much its value is (how much it's worth).
- I rate this book at six out of ten: it was not the best book.