If one continues at the current pace or with the current actions.

(transitive) To assign or be assigned a particular rank or level. / (transitive) To evaluate or estimate the value of. / (transitive) To consider or regard. / (transitive) To deserve; to be worth.

(transitive) To berate, scold.

speed or frequency of events over time

plural of rate

(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong) Taxes, usually on property, levied by local government.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rate

present participle of rate

A position on a scale. / An evaluation of status, especially of financial status. / A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.

(now rare) Scolded, rebuked. / (engineering) maximum (load, voltage, etc.) under which a device can function properly