rate+highly
1rate — [[t]re͟ɪt[/t]] ♦ rates, rating, rated 1) N COUNT: with supp The rate at which something happens is the speed with which it happens. The rate at which hair grows can be agonisingly slow... The world s tropical forests are disappearing at an even… …
2rate with someone — {v. phr.} To be esteemed highly by another. * /The professor really rates with both the graduate students and the undergraduates./ …
3rate with someone — {v. phr.} To be esteemed highly by another. * /The professor really rates with both the graduate students and the undergraduates./ …
4rate — [n1] ratio, proportion amount, comparison, degree, estimate, percentage, progression, quota, relation, relationship, relative, scale, standard, weight; concept 768 Ant. whole rate [n2] fee charged for service, privilege, goods allowance, charge,… …
5rate — The cost of debt service paid by a borrower or issuer to a lender or investor. The rate is expressed as an annual percentage of the amount borrowed. For some notes and bonds that pay interest semiannually, the semiannual interest due to the… …
6rate — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 speed/frequency ADJECTIVE ▪ constant, expected, regular, steady, unchanged ▪ slow ▪ the slow rate of change …
7rate — I n. amount in relation to something else 1) to fix, set a rate 2) a fast; flat; high; low; moderate; slow; steady rate 3) bargain; reasonable; reduced; regular rates 4) an accident; birth; crime; death; divorce; fertility; growth; marriage;… …
8rate — rate1 [ reıt ] noun count *** 1. ) the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a particular period of time: a rising birth rate a dramatic fall in the city s murder rate rate of: The animals were dying at… …
9rate — 1 /reIt/ noun (C) 1 SPEED the speed at which something happens over a period of time: Our money was running out at an alarming rate. | Children learn at different rates. (+ of): the rate of economic growth 2 AMOUNT the number of times something… …
10rate — I UK [reɪt] / US noun Word forms rate : singular rate plural rates *** 1) [countable] the number of times something happens, or the number of examples of something within a particular period of time a rising birth rate a dramatic fall in the city …
