English Dictionary

rating

/ˈɹeɪtɪŋ/

noun

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.

The movie received a high rating from critics.

意味（1）

A position on a scale.

意味（2）

An evaluation of status, especially of financial status.

They have a poor credit rating.

意味（3）

A number, letter, or other mark that refers to the ability of something.

He has a high chess rating.

意味（4）

A quantitative measure of the audience of a television program.

A rating, at best, is an indication of how many people saw what you gave them.

意味（5）

(nautical) A seaman in a warship.

Some 400 Russian ratings are living in the western French port, awaiting delivery of their controversial new command-and-control ship, the Vladivostok.

意味（6）

(nautical, Britain) An enlisted seaman not a commissioned officer or warrant officer.

In the Royal Navy the ratings, in order, are: ordinary seaman, able seaman, leading seaman, petty officer and chief petty officer.