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man-rate

man-rate verb: to certify as safe for a human crew to operate.

Verb

man-rate (third-person singular simple present man-rates, present participle man-rating, simple past and past participle man-rated)

  1. (transitive) To certify as safe for a human crew to operate.
    • Reason for disinterest — Wenzel said one reason for lack of interest from potential suppliers is the increasing emphasis by the Navy on documentation, testing and safety measures to certify and man-rate the components.1967, Missiles and Rockets (volume 21, part 1, page 221)

Forms of man-rate

third-person singular presentman-rates
present participleman-rating
past participleman-rated
pastman-rated

Origin of man-rate

From man + rate.

Questions about man-rate

What does man-rate mean?
Man-rate means to certify as safe for a human crew to operate.
What part of speech is man-rate?
Man-rate is a verb.
What is the past tense of man-rate?
The past tense of man-rate is man-rated.

Words near man-rate in the dictionary

  1. man-pain
  2. man-portable
  3. man-powered
  4. man-pussies
  5. man-pussy
  6. man-rate
  7. man-rated
  8. man-rates
  9. man-rating
  10. man-rope
  11. man-ropes

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