rate

rythme, vitesse

Vitesse à laquelle quelque chose se produit ou se déplace.

En anglais simple : How quickly something happens or moves.

• Her heart rate was high.
• The water flows at a slow rate.
• Plants grow at different rates in different seasons.

Comment l'utiliser : at a ... rate (The water escaped at a steady rate.); rate of something (The rate of growth has slowed.)

Synonymes : speed, pace

Expressions courantes : at a rate, heart rate, growth rate, rate of change

taux

Quantité rapportée à une autre, souvent exprimée en pourcentage ou par unité.

En anglais simple : An amount measured in relation to another amount, often shown as a percentage or per unit.

• Interest rates have risen.
• What is the exchange rate today?
• The birth rate fell to ten births per thousand people.

Comment l'utiliser : a rate of ... (The loan has an interest rate of five percent.)

Synonymes : ratio

Expressions courantes : interest rate, exchange rate, birth rate

évaluer, noter

Déterminer la qualité ou la valeur de quelqu’un ou de quelque chose, souvent en donnant une note.

En anglais simple : To decide how good or valuable someone or something is, often by giving a score.

• How do you rate this hotel?
• Customers rated the service highly.
• I rate this camera at nine out of ten.

Comment l'utiliser : rate something at ... (I would rate the meal at eight out of ten.); rate something on a scale of ... (Rate the pain on a scale of one to ten.)

Synonymes : evaluate, assess, judge

Expressions courantes : rate something highly, rate the service, rate a film

classer

Attribuer à quelqu’un ou à quelque chose une place ou un niveau dans une liste ou un système.

En anglais simple : To give someone or something a particular position or level in a list or system.

• They rate her first nationally.
• The school was rated among the best.
• These products are rated by their energy use.

Comment l'utiliser : be rated ... (The team is rated third in the league.); rate someone/something as ... (The agency rated the company as low risk.)

Synonymes : rank, classify

Expressions courantes : rate someone first, rate something highest, rate someone fourth

considérer, juger

Considérer que quelqu’un ou quelque chose possède une certaine qualité.

En anglais simple : To think of someone or something as having a particular quality.

• I rate her as a great teacher.
• They rated the experiment a success.
• Few people rate this plan as realistic.

Comment l'utiliser : rate someone/something as ... (I rate her as a very capable leader.); rate something + adjective (He rated the proposal excellent.)

Synonymes : consider, regard, think of

Expressions courantes : rate someone highly, rate something as something