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rating

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verb/ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/[ˈɹeɪɾɪŋ]
  1. 1

    present participle and gerund of rateform-ofgerundparticiple

noun/ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/[ˈɹeɪɾɪŋ]
  1. 1

    A position on a scale.

  2. 2

    An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.

    • They have a poor credit rating.
  3. 3

    A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.

    • He has a high chess rating.
  4. 4

    A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.

    • A rating, at best, is an indication of how many people saw what you gave them.
  5. 5

    A seaman in a warship.

    • Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok.
  6. 6

    An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.UK

    • In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer.

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