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downrate

downrate verb: to give something a lower rating.

Verb

downrate (third-person singular simple present downrates, present participle downrating, simple past and past participle downrated)

  1. (transitive) To give something a lower rating.
    • The eight-minute connection to East Midlands Railway is a breeze. The train is 170208, its First Class downrated, so I enjoy the wider seats for the hour to Ely, where I arrive a couple of minutes early.2025 October 15, 'Mystery Shopper', “About Anglia... and high scores”, in RAIL, number 1046, page 54

Forms of downrate

third-person singular presentdownrates
present participledownrating
past participledownrated
pastdownrated

Origin of downrate

From down- + rate.

Questions about downrate

What does downrate mean?
Downrate means to give something a lower rating.
What part of speech is downrate?
Downrate is a verb.
What is the past tense of downrate?
The past tense of downrate is downrated.

Words near downrate in the dictionary

  1. downrange
  2. downrank
  3. downranked
  4. downranking
  5. downranks
  6. downrate
  7. downrated
  8. downrates
  9. downrating
  10. downregulatable
  11. downregulate

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