Rating - English meaning

noun

A report or description of an event or experience.

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A detailed account of what has been achieved

verb

Consider or regard in a specified way.

Usage examples:

Her visit could not be accounted a success

noun

Money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back

verb

Consider or declare to be true or the case.

Usage examples:

She was adjudged guilty

verb

To announce a decision or consider something, especially officially

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] half an hour into the game paterson was adjudged to have fouled jackson and was…

noun

An act of assessing something or someone.

Usage examples:

She carried out a thorough appraisal

verb

Assess the value or quality of.

Usage examples:

There is a need to appraise existing techniques

verb

Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.

Usage examples:

The committee must assess the relative importance of the issues

verb

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To decide the quality or importance of something

Usage examples:

A college is going to assess a student’s ability based on grades., government officials assessed th…

noun

The action of assessing someone or something.

Usage examples:

The assessment of educational needs

noun

The process of considering all the information about a situation or a person and making a judgement

Usage examples:

Conduct/give/make an assessment the first thing you must do is make an assessment of the situation.…

verb

Determine (the amount or number of something) mathematically.

Usage examples:

The program can calculate the number of words that will fit in the space available

verb

Make a mathematical computation

noun

The action or process of placing into classes or groups.

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Categorization by topic

noun

The process of putting people or things into categories (= groups with the same features)

Usage examples:

You can upload your photos and assign them keywords for quick categorization., california defies ca…

verb

Place in a particular class or group.

Usage examples:

Silk is categorized as a luxury import

verb

To put people or things into groups of people or things that have the same features

Usage examples:

Categorize sb/sth as sth you can categorize your company's strategy as a reactor, defender, analyze…

noun

A class or division of people or things regarded as having particular shared characteristics.

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The various categories of research

noun

A grouping of people or things by type in any systematic arrangement

Usage examples:

The light trucks weigh less than 5,000 pounds and are in a category that includes minivans, pickups…

noun

A group of people or things that have similar features

Usage examples:

A category of sth the use of the four categories of customer is to ensure that marketing messages a…

noun

A set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality.

Usage examples:

It has good accommodation for a hotel of this class

verb

Assign or regard as belonging to a particular category.

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Conduct which is classed as criminal

adjective

Showing stylish excellence.

Usage examples:

He's a class player

noun

The action or process of classifying something.

Usage examples:

The classification of disease according to symptoms

verb

Arrange (a group of people or things) in classes or categories according to shared qualities or characteristics.

Usage examples:

Mountain peaks are classified according to their shape

verb

Arrange or order by categories

verb

To divide things into groups according to type

Usage examples:

We classify our books by subject.

verb

Reckon or calculate (a figure or amount).

Usage examples:

The hire charge is computed on a daily basis

verb

Make a mathematical calculation

verb

To calculate something using mathematics or a calculator (= a device for doing mathematical processes)

verb

Determine the total number of (a collection of items).

Usage examples:

I started to count the stars i could see

noun

An act of determining the total number of something.

Usage examples:

At the last count, fifteen applications were still outstanding

noun

A foreign nobleman whose rank corresponds to that of an earl.

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He is now a prisoner in a tower of the count's palace

noun

The action of choosing someone to hold an office or post.

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A leader's designation of his own successor

noun

The act of choosing someone or something for a special job, or stating that something has a particular character or purpose

Usage examples:

[ c ] associate professor is her official designation (= title).

noun

An official title or name

Usage examples:

What's her official designation now she's been promoted?, the area qualifies for designation as a s…

noun

Respect and admiration.

Usage examples:

He was held in high esteem by colleagues

verb

Respect and admire.

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Many of these qualities are esteemed by managers

noun

Respect for or a high opinion of someone

Usage examples:

We held them in high/low esteem (= we respected them a lot/very little).

verb

Roughly calculate or judge the value, number, quantity, or extent of.

Usage examples:

The aim is to estimate the effects of macroeconomic policy on the economy

noun

An approximate calculation or judgement of the value, number, quantity, or extent of something.

Usage examples:

At a rough estimate, staff are recycling a quarter of paper used

verb

Judge tentatively

verb

Form an idea of the amount, number, or value of; assess.

Usage examples:

The study will assist in evaluating the impact of recent changes

Estimate the nature, quality, ability or significance of

verb

To judge or calculate the quality, importance, amount, or value of something

Usage examples:

Doctors evaluate the patient’s condition., [ + question word ] have they evaluated what their next …

noun

The making of a judgement about the amount, number, or value of something; assessment.

Usage examples:

The evaluation of each method

noun

The process of judging something's quality, importance, or value, or a report that includes this information

Usage examples:

Get/give/offer an evaluation before filing for bankruptcy, it is advisable to get an evaluation don…

noun

An instrument that measures and gives a visual display of the amount, level, or contents of something.

Usage examples:

A fuel gauge

verb

The position of a sailing ship to windward ( the weather gage ) or leeward ( the lee gage ) of another.

Usage examples:

The french fleet was heavily outnumbered but had the weather gage

noun

A particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value.

Usage examples:

Sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades

verb

Arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort.

Usage examples:

The timber is graded according to its thickness

noun

A measure of the quality of a student’s performance, usually represented by the letters a (the best) through f (the worst)

Usage examples:

She always gets good grades., high-grade musicianship, he’s suffering from a low-grade infection., …

verb

Arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort.

Usage examples:

The timber is graded according to its thickness

noun

A particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value.

Usage examples:

Sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades

noun

A mark indicating the quality of a student's work.

Usage examples:

I got good grades last semester

noun

A public officer appointed to decide cases in a law court.

Usage examples:

He is due to appear before a judge and jury on monday

verb

Form an opinion or conclusion about.

Usage examples:

A production can be judged according to the canons of aesthetic criticism

verb

An official who decides questions before a court

noun

A small area on a surface having a different colour from its surroundings, typically one caused by damage or dirt.

Usage examples:

The blow left a red mark down one side of her face

verb

Make a visible impression or stain on.

Usage examples:

He fingered the photograph gently, careful not to mark it

noun

(until the introduction of the euro in 2002) the basic monetary unit of germany, equal to 100 pfennig; a deutschmark.

Usage examples:

Germany spent billions of marks to save the french franc from speculators

verb

Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.

Usage examples:

The amount of water collected is measured in pints

noun

A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cost-cutting measures

verb

Determine the dimensions of something or somebody

noun

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location.

Usage examples:

I can't be in two places at once

verb

Put in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

An area, town, building, etc.

Usage examples:

Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit., what was the name of that place we drove through on t…

noun

The action of putting something in position or the fact of being positioned.

Usage examples:

The placing of the lights

verb

Put in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

A place where someone or something is located or has been put.

Usage examples:

The distress call had given the ship's position

verb

Put or arrange (someone or something) in a particular place or way.

Usage examples:

He pulled out a chair and positioned it between them

noun

A position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.

Usage examples:

An army officer of high rank

verb

Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

Usage examples:

Students ranked the samples in order of preference

adjective

(of vegetation) growing too thickly and coarsely.

Usage examples:

Clumps of rank grass

noun

A position in a hierarchy or scale.

Usage examples:

His world number-one ranking

adjective

Having a specified rank in a hierarchy.

Usage examples:

High-ranking army officers

verb

Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

Usage examples:

Students ranked the samples in order of preference

verb

Consider or think of in a specified way.

Usage examples:

She regarded london as her base

noun

Attention to or concern for something.

Usage examples:

The court must have regard to the principle of welfare

verb

To consider or think about something in a particular way, or to look carefully at someone or something

Usage examples:

Laura is highly regarded by her colleagues., the dog regarded me with suspicion as i approached the…

noun

The number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual.

Usage examples:

The final score was 4–3 to royston

verb

Gain (a point, goal, run, etc.) in a competitive game.

Usage examples:

Mccartney scored a fine goal

verb

A number that expresses accomplishment in a game or contest

noun

Position, status, or reputation.

Usage examples:

Their standing in the community

adjective

(of a jump or a start in a running race) performed from rest or an upright position, without a run-up or the use of starting blocks.

Usage examples:

I took a standing jump

verb

Have or maintain an upright position, supported by one's feet.

Usage examples:

Lionel stood in the doorway

noun

Relative social or professional position; standing.

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An improvement in the status of women

noun

The regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

Usage examples:

Your support is of great value

verb

Estimate the monetary worth of.

Usage examples:

His estate was valued at £45,000

noun

Importance, worth, or benefit

Usage examples:

They discussed the value of having cameras in the courtroom., the value of the thing (= its worth i…

phrasal verb

Carefully assess someone or something.

Usage examples:

You'll have to weigh up the risks for yourself

phrasal verb

To think carefully about the advantages or disadvantages of a situation before making a decision

Usage examples:

Regulators are weighing up whether to allow the merger to go ahead.