rather (Base Concept)
to a certain degree; somewhat; instead; preferably; more precisely (e.g., "rather difficult", "or rather").
Base concept label/definition from base.json input (not necessarily English). See Translations below for the English translation/definition and other language-specific text.
- POS Type:
- adverb
- POS Subtype:
- style
- GUID:
-
D01_054 - Base Difficulty:
-
Level 28
Levels for adverb (style): -1: 1 11: 10 19: 4 27: 3 28: 38 - Confidence:
- 0.00
Tier Signals
| Source | Tier | Rank used |
|---|---|---|
cefr |
A2 (2 of 6) | 2100 |
Rank used = synthetic rank this tier contributes to the combined frequency rank (lower = more common).
Corpus Frequency
| Corpus | Freq (per M) | Best rank | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
19th_books |
484.75 | 240 | 1 |
20th_books |
292.59 | 407 | 1 |
cooking |
208.89 | 676 | 1 |
wiki_vital |
309.79 | 326 | 1 |
Lemma/base pronunciations
| Language | Lemma/Base Form | IPA | Phonetic | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English |
rather
positive |
/ɹˈæt̬ɚ/ | RAHT-er | base form |
Existing pronunciations
English 1 form(s)
| Form | Grammatical Form | IPA | Phonetic | Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rather | positive |
/ɹˈæt̬ɚ/ | RAHT-er |
Grammatical forms
English 1 form(s)
| Form | Grammatical Form | IPA | Phonetic | Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rather | positive |
/ɹˈæt̬ɚ/ | RAHT-er |
- Alternative Forms: Different ways to write or say the same word (e.g., "TV" ↔ "television", "gray" ↔ "grey", "thousand" ↔ "one thousand")
- Synonyms: Different words with similar meanings (e.g., "street" ↔ "road", "mad" ↔ "angry", "big" ↔ "large")
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| Language | Translation | Disambiguation | Definition | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English (en) | rather | - | - | |
| Lithuanian (lt) | gana | - | - | |
| Chinese (zh) | - | - | ||
| Chinese (Taiwan) (zh-tw) | Not set | - | - | |
| French (fr) | plutôt | - | - | |
| Spanish (es) | más bien | - | - | |
| German (de) | eher | - | - | |
| Italian (it) | piuttosto | - | - | |
| Dutch (nl) | liever | - | - | |
| Portuguese (pt) | antes | - | - | |
| Swedish (sv) | snarare | - | - | |
| Vietnamese (vi) | khá | - | - | |
| Japanese (ja) | むしろ | - | - | |
| Korean (ko) | 오히려 | - | - | |
| Latin (la) | Not set | - | - | |
| Sanskrit (sa) | Not set | - | - | |
| Ancient Greek (grc) | Not set | - | - | |
| Classical Arabic (pre-1200) (ar-classical) | Not set | - | - | |
| Old Norse (non) | Not set | - | - | |
| Swahili (sw) | badala | - | - | |
| Romanian (ro) | Not set | - | - | |
| Polish (pl) | Not set | - | - | |
| Thai (th) | Not set | - | - | |
| Malay (ms) | Not set | - | - | |
| Burmese (my) | Not set | - | - | |
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| Filipino (tl) | Not set | - | - | |
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| Macedonian (mk) | Not set | - | - | |
| Albanian (sq) | Not set | - | - | |
| Montenegrin (me) | Not set | - | - |
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