RATING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rating mean? 

• RATING (noun)
  The noun RATING has 4 senses:

1. an appraisal of the value of something

2. act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

3. standing or position on a scale

4. rank in a military organization

  Familiarity information: RATING used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RATING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An appraisal of the value of something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

evaluation; rating; valuation

Context example:

he set a high valuation on friendship

Hypernyms ("rating" is a kind of...):

appraisal; assessment (the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rating"):

overvaluation (too high a value or price assigned to something)

undervaluation (too low a value or price assigned to something)

pricing (the evaluation of something in terms of its price)

reevaluation (the evaluation of something a second time (or more))

grade; mark; score (a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance))

bond rating (an evaluation by a rating company of the probability that a particular bond issue will default)

Derivation:

rate (estimate the value of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

evaluation; rating

Hypernyms ("rating" is a kind of...):

assessment; judgement; judgment (the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rating"):

grading; marking; scoring (evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score)

Derivation:

rate (estimate the value of)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Standing or position on a scale

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("rating" is a kind of...):

standing (social or financial or professional status or reputation)

Derivation:

rate (be worthy of or have a certain rating)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Rank in a military organization

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

military rank; military rating; paygrade; rating

Hypernyms ("rating" is a kind of...):

rank (relative status)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rating"):

flag rank (the rank of a flag officer)

 Context examples 

A standardized rating scale used to assess an individual's general level of daytime sleepiness.

(Epworth Sleepiness Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by Wesson and Ling in 2003 to evaluate the severity of an individual's opiate withdrawal symptoms.

(Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale developed by John C. Morris in 1997 to evaluate the severity of an individual's cognitive impairment.

(Clinical Dementia Rating Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

The BPI uses simple numeric rating scales from 0 to 10 that are easy to understand and easy to translate into other languages.

(Brief Pain Inventory, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized rating scale which is used as a measure of health outcome.

(European Quality of Life Five Dimension Five Level Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers found that participants who meditated during saline administration had significantly lower pain intensity and unpleasantness ratings compared to those who did not meditate while receiving saline.

(Scientists discover non-opioid pain pathway in the brain, NIH)

A question about an individual's rating of their overall health during the past week.

(Overall Health Rating During Past Week, NCI Thesaurus)

Why, Roddy, lad, you were but a child and we kissed good-bye when last we met; but I suppose we must put you on a different rating now.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the unified parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire UPDRS Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)

Test names of questionnaire questions associated with the 17 item Hamilton depression rating scale (HAMD-17)for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).

(CDISC Questionnaire HAMD 17 Test Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)