rater

English

Etymology 1

From rate (“to appraise”) +‎ -er.

Noun

rater (plural raters)

  1. One who provides a rating or assessment.
    The three raters agreed on the score.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From rate (“to scold; berate”) +‎ -er.

Noun

rater (plural raters)

  1. One who rates or scolds.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From earlier rater (“to miss, fail to hit, fail, complete unsuccessfully", in reference to a weapon, "to misfire, fail to fire”), from the expression (1651) prendre un rat (“to misfire”, literally “to get a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.te/
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Verb

rater

  1. (transitive) to miss (an event or a thing)
    Il va rater le car
    He's going to miss the bus
  2. (intransitive) to fail
  3. (transitive, informal) to screw up; to mess up

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Ladin

Verb

rater

  1. to yield (a return)

Conjugation

  • Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of rater (first conjugation)
infinitive rater, raté
auxiliary verb avei gerund ratan
past participle raté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie tu el / ela nos vos ei / eles
present rate, rateie rates, rateies rata, rateia, ratea raton rateis rata, rateia
imperfect ratove ratoves ratova ratovan ratovais ratova
future rataré rataras ratarà rataron ratareis ratarà
subjunctive che ie che tu che el / ela che nos che vos che ei / eles
present rate, rateie rates, rateies rate, rateie raton rateis rate
imperfect ratasse ratasses ratassa ratassan ratassais ratassa
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— rata, rateia — raton ratede —

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

rater m

  1. indefinite plural of rate
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