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Webster 1913 Edition
Rater
Rat′er
(rāt′ẽr)
, Noun.
One who rates or estimates.
Rat′er
,Noun.
One who rates or scolds.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rater
RA'TER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
rater
rater
English
Noun
rater (plural raters)
- One who provides a rating or assessment.
- The three raters agreed on the score.
- One who rates or scolds.
Derived terms
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 take a rat”), from rat (“rat”). More at rat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.te/
Verb
rater
- (transitive) to miss (an event or a thing)
- Il va rater le car
- He's going to miss the bus
- Il va rater le car
- (intransitive) to fail
- (transitive, informal) to **** up; to mess up
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of rater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rater | avoir raté | |||||
| gerund | en ratant | en ayant raté | |||||
| present participle | ratant /ʁa.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | raté /ʁa.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rate /ʁat/ |
rates /ʁat/ |
rate /ʁat/ |
ratons /ʁa.tɔ̃/ |
ratez /ʁa.te/ |
ratent /ʁat/ |
| imperfect | ratais /ʁa.tɛ/ |
ratais /ʁa.tɛ/ |
ratait /ʁa.tɛ/ |
rations /ʁa.tjɔ̃/ |
ratiez /ʁa.tje/ |
rataient /ʁa.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | ratai /ʁa.te/ |
ratas /ʁa.ta/ |
rata /ʁa.ta/ |
ratâmes /ʁa.tam/ |
ratâtes /ʁa.tat/ |
ratèrent /ʁa.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | raterai /ʁa.tʁe/ |
rateras /ʁa.tʁa/ |
ratera /ʁa.tʁa/ |
raterons /ʁa.tʁɔ̃/ |
raterez /ʁa.tʁe/ |
rateront /ʁa.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | raterais /ʁa.tʁɛ/ |
raterais /ʁa.tʁɛ/ |
raterait /ʁa.tʁɛ/ |
raterions /ʁa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rateriez /ʁa.tə.ʁje/ |
rateraient /ʁa.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rate /ʁat/ |
rates /ʁat/ |
rate /ʁat/ |
rations /ʁa.tjɔ̃/ |
ratiez /ʁa.tje/ |
ratent /ʁat/ |
| imperfect1 |
ratasse /ʁa.tas/ |
ratasses /ʁa.tas/ |
ratât /ʁa.ta/ |
ratassions /ʁa.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
ratassiez /ʁa.ta.sje/ |
ratassent /ʁa.tas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rate /ʁat/ |
— | ratons /ʁa.tɔ̃/ |
ratez /ʁa.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Ladin
Verb
rater
- to yield (a return)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rater
| 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/che ela | che nos | che vos | che ee/che 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 | ||||