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# rate

«rate» in Mova's school dictionary: **A rate tells how much of one thing goes with one unit of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (rate, rates); verb (rate, rates, rated, rating)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A rate tells how much of one thing goes with one unit of another, like miles in each hour or dollars for each hour of work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#m1)

2) A rate is how fast something happens: the rate of growth, a heart rate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#m2)

3) A rate is a price or charge: the hourly rate, the rate for a room. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#m3)

4) To rate is to judge how good something is: «I rate it 4 stars». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#m4)

5) «At any rate» means anyway. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a rate of speed, pay, work, flow or price per unit; the key to multiply or divide; «per», «each», «an hour», «a minute»; «at this rate». In science: heart rate, rate of melting or growing. In everyday life: star ratings, rates of pay. In stories: «at this rate we'll never get there!»

### examples

- He works at a rate of $12 per hour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x1)
- The tap fills at a rate of 5 liters a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x2)
- At this rate, how far will she go in 4 hours? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x3)
- She types at a rate of 40 words a minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x4)
- Your heart rate goes up when you run. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x5)
- The plant grew at a rate of 1 cm a week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x6)
- I rate this book five stars. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x7)
- Babysitters charge an hourly rate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x8)
- At any rate, we tried our best. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x9)
- "I've got him now, at any rate," thought he. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/#x10)

### note

Marks a per-unit amount: total = rate × time (or count), and rate = total ÷ time. Trap: «at this rate» means keep the same rate for a new time; match units (minutes vs hours: 60 minutes = 1 hour). «First-rate» means excellent; «second-rate» means not very good.

### In the corpora

- [Overtime is working extra hours beyond the normal ones; sometimes it is paid at a higher rate, sometimes not paid at all.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/8/)
- [In Canada the provinces rate films; ratings such as 14A mean under-14s must be with an adult.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/15/)
- [A film can be rated again when it is re-released years later, and its rating may change.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/23/)
- [Many chatbot apps are rated for ages 13 and up.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/13-strangers-hooks-and-too-perfect-messages/12/)
- [Australia and New Zealand have some of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/46-sun-safety/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.