rated

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹeɪtɪd/
• Hyphenation: rat‧ed

Adjective

rated (comparative more rated, superlative most rated)

1. (now rare) Scolded, rebuked. [from 16th c.]
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:

     He tooke it up, and thence with him did beare, / As rated Spaniell takes his burden up for feare.

   • 1849, Charlotte Brontë, Shirley:

     He merely passed by sheepishly with a rated, scowling look.

2. (engineering) maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly

Hyponyms

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• human-rated
• top-rated
• X-rated

Verb

rated

1. simple past and past participle of rate

Anagrams

• E-tard, adret, dater, derat, drate, tared, trade, tread