Meanings
adjectiverated (comparative more rated, superlative most rated)
comparative more rated · superlative most rated
- archaicScolded, rebuked.First known use 16th c.
[H]e merely passed by sheepishly with a rated, scowling look.
1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Whitsuntide”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume II, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 1311 more example
He tooke it up, and thence with him did beare, / As rated Spaniell takes his burden up for feare.
1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book V, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - engineeringmaximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly
- Having a particular rating or rate
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of rate
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APA
rated. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rated
MLA
“rated.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rated. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rated,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rated.
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