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RATING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
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 2
Meaning:
An appraisal of the value of something
Example:
he set a high valuation on friendship
Synonyms:
evaluation; rating; valuation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
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 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
Synonyms:
military rank; military rating; paygrade; rating
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
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)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb rate
Context examples:
I am sure his sisters, rating him as they do, must have thought it so, supposing he had meant nothing.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Test codes of questionnaire questions associated with the brief psychiatric rating scale-A (BPRS-A) for the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Standard Data Tabulation Model (SDTM).
(CDISC Questionnaire BPRS-A Test Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Test names 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 Name Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
Test codes 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 Code Terminology, NCI Thesaurus)
A question about an individual's rating of the overall quality of life during the past week.
(Overall Quality of Life Rating During Past Week, NCI Thesaurus)
A validated dyspnea rating scale may be useful.
(Decreased Peak Expiratory Flowrate, NCI Thesaurus)
A standardized rating scale developed by Hohol et al in 1995, which is a self-assessment scale of functional disability in multiple sclerosis patients primarily based on ambulation.
(Disease Steps Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
In epidemiology, a rating scale for comorbidity.
(Comorbidity Index, NCI Thesaurus)
A pain rating scale that includes specific pain criteria and self-reported ratings based upon specific diagnoses.
(Category Rating Scale, NCI Thesaurus)
A standardized rating scale developed by Posner et al (version 1/14/09), which is used to determine the presence of suicidal ideation or behavior.
(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline/Screening Version Phase 1 Study 1/14/09 Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
