rating
RAY-tihng
Rating (noun) means a score or ranking showing how good, popular, or capable something is. Example: “The restaurant has a five-star rating on the app.”
noun
1
A score or ranking showing how good, popular, or capable something is.
"The restaurant has a five-star rating on the app."
"The hotel's high rating made us book a room without reading more reviews."
"Her credit rating improved once she paid off the loan."
2
A measure of how many people watched a television program.
"The finale pulled in record ratings."
"A rating, at best, is an indication of how many people saw what you gave them."
— Newton N. Minow, Television and the Public Interest (1961)
"Falling ratings convinced the channel to cancel the quiz show."
"The new drama is doing well in the ratings this week."
How to use rating
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA score or ranking, or TV audience numbers.
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approval rating
credit rating
TV ratings
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score
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evaluation
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What does “rating” mean?
The word “rating” means a score or ranking showing how good, popular, or capable something is. In plain terms, a score or ranking, or TV audience numbers.
How do you pronounce “rating”?
“Rating” is pronounced RAY-tihng (/ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/ in IPA).
How do you use “rating” in a sentence?
Here is “rating” used in a sentence: “The restaurant has a five-star rating on the app.”
What part of speech is “rating”?
“Rating” is a noun.
Is “rating” a common word?
“Rating” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A2 level.
How many meanings does “rating” have?
“Rating” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a score or ranking showing how good, popular, or capable something is.
What is the difference between a rating and a review?
A rating is a quick score or ranking — a number of stars, a percentage, or a grade — that sums up quality at a glance. A review is the fuller written explanation behind it. A film might get four stars (the rating) plus a paragraph explaining why (the review).
What is the difference between a rating and a ranking?
A rating scores something on its own against a scale, such as four out of five stars. A ranking places things in order relative to each other — first, second, third. You can rate every item individually, then rank them by comparing those ratings against one another.
What are the types of rating?
Ratings take many forms: star ratings for films and products, credit ratings for financial trustworthiness, age or content ratings for media, performance ratings at work, and TV ratings measuring audience size. All express, in a compact score or grade, how good, popular, safe, or capable something is.
What is an example of a rating?
A hotel scoring 8.5 out of 10 on a booking site is a rating. So is a five-star product review, a PG or 15 film certificate, a restaurant's hygiene score, or a credit rating like AAA. Each condenses a judgement about quality or standing into a simple figure.
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