rated

adj — 3 senses

rated

adj

/ˈɹeɪtɪd/

1

Archaic Scolded, rebuked.

  • 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:
  • [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 131:
2

Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly

3

In combinations Having a particular rating or rate

Derived terms
nonrated, underrated
Hyponyms
G-rated, highest-rated, human-rated, overrated, R-rated, top-rated, X-rated, zero-rated

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