rater

English

Etymology

rate +‎ -er

Noun

rater (plural raters)

1. One who provides a rating or assessment.

   The three raters agreed on the score.

2. One who rates or scolds.

Derived terms

• interrater

Anagrams

• arter, tarre, Terra, terra

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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

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• IPA: /ʁa.te/, X-SAMPA: /Ra.te/

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

Derived terms

• raté
• ratable
• irratable

Conjugation

   Conjugation of rater (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		rater			avoir raté
gerund		en ratant			en ayant raté
present participle		ratant
past participle		raté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rate	rates	rate	ratons	ratez	ratent
	imperfect	ratais	ratais	ratait	rations	ratiez	rataient
	past historic1	ratai	ratas	rata	ratâmes	ratâtes	ratèrent
	future	raterai	rateras	ratera	raterons	raterez	rateront
	conditional	raterais	raterais	raterait	raterions	rateriez	rateraient
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	rates	rate	rations	ratiez	ratent
	imperfect1	ratasse	ratasses	ratât	ratassions	ratassiez	ratassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	rate	—	ratons	ratez	—
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Anagrams

• arrêt
• errât
• terra