Значення для rather англійською

rather

adverb

/ˈrɑː.ðər/ us

/ˈræð.ɚ/

rather adverb (SMALL AMOUNT)

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quite; to a slight degree:

It's rather cold today, isn't it?

That's rather a difficult book - here's an easier one for you.

The train was rather too crowded for a comfortable journey.

She answered the phone rather sleepily.

I rather doubt I'll be able to come to your party.

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It is a rather grey, colourless city, with few interesting sights or historical monuments.
His books tend to be rather densely written.
The company's prospects for the future are rather dim.
She found the formality of the occasion rather daunting.
To people who don't know him he probably appears (to be) rather unfriendly.

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Some and quite

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rather adverb (MORE EXACTLY)

more accurately; more exactly:

She'll fly to California on Thursday, or rather, she will if she has to.

He's my sister's friend really, rather than mine.

used to express an opposite opinion:

The ending of the war is not a cause for celebration, but rather for regret that it ever happened.

No, I'm not tired. Rather the opposite in fact.

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I'll be home before 6, or rather, I will unless I get asked to stay late again.
She's not shy. Rather the opposite.
She was in a good mood, or rather she was until she heard the bad news.
They go on holiday to France every year, or rather, they have done for the last ten years.
He's selling his flat, or rather, he will sell it if he can find a buyer.

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Also, extra, and in addition

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rather adverb (PREFERENCE)

rather than

instead of; used especially when you prefer one thing to another:

I think I'd like to stay at home this evening rather than go out.

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would rather

(also 'd rather)

used to show that you prefer to have or do one thing more than another:

I'd rather have a beer.

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Граматика

Rather

We use rather as a degree adverb (rather cold, rather nice). We also use it to express alternatives and preferences (green rather than blue, coffee rather than tea, slowly rather than quickly). …

Rather as a degree adverb

We use rather to give emphasis to an adjective or adverb. It has a similar meaning to quite when quite is used with gradable words. It is more formal than quite. We often use it to express something unexpected or surprising: …

Ratherthan: alternatives and preferences

We use rather than to give more importance to one thing when two alternatives or preferences are being compared: …

Or rather

We use or rather to correct ourselves: …

Ідіома

rather you than me

rather

adverb, predeterminer

/ˈrɑː.ðər/ us

/ˈræð.ɚ/

very; to a large degree:

Actually, I did rather well in my exams.

I've got rather a lot of work to do at the moment.

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He boobed rather badly by getting her name wrong.
I think my husband is the most handsome man in the world, but I realize my judgment is rather subjective.
I've had a sort-out in the bedroom - it's looking rather better.
I heard something rather worrying at work this morning.
Jane has rather a sharp tongue, I'm afraid.

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Linguistics: very & extreme

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Граматика

Rather

We use rather as a degree adverb (rather cold, rather nice). We also use it to express alternatives and preferences (green rather than blue, coffee rather than tea, slowly rather than quickly). …

Rather as a degree adverb

Ratherthan: alternatives and preferences

We use rather than to give more importance to one thing when two alternatives or preferences are being compared: …

Or rather

We use or rather to correct ourselves: …

rather

exclamation

UK old-fashioned

/ˌrɑːˈðɜːr/ us

/ˌræðˈɝː/

certainly; yes:

"Do you want to come out for dinner with us this evening?" "Rather!"

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Yes, no & not

a sure thing idiom
affirmation
affirmatively
ain't
betcha
bit
didn't
does a bear/do bears shit in the woods? idiom
far
hardly
no way idiom
not that idiom
opposed
self-negating
slight
sure
wasn't
weren't
wouldn't be seen dead idiom
yes

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Граматика

Rather

We use rather as a degree adverb (rather cold, rather nice). We also use it to express alternatives and preferences (green rather than blue, coffee rather than tea, slowly rather than quickly). …

Rather as a degree adverb

Ratherthan: alternatives and preferences

We use rather than to give more importance to one thing when two alternatives or preferences are being compared: …

Or rather

We use or rather to correct ourselves: …

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rather | Словник американської англійської

rather

adverb [ not gradable ]

/ˈræð·ər, ˈrɑ·ðər/

rather adverb [not gradable] (PREFERABLY)

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in preference to, or as a preference:

She wants us to meet her here rather than go to her apartment.

I’d rather wear the black shoes.

She’s saying things that many would rather not hear.

rather adverb [not gradable] (MORE EXACTLY)

more accurately; more exactly:

These were not common criminals, but rather enemies of the state.

rather

adjective, adverb [ not gradable ]

/ˈræð·ər, ˈrɑ·ðər/

rather adjective, adverb [not gradable] (TO SOME DEGREE)

to a noticeable degree; somewhat:

It all seems rather unimportant.

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rather

The intentions of policy thus need to be seen against the plans rather than the outcomes.

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How do you know that said popinjays aren't sitting on the background rather than the stripe (the ordinary)?

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Analysis of single channel records indicate that the effect is to favor transition to a substate rather than to physically alter the conductance pathway.

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Their connection was purely mechanical, rather than teleological.

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We can differentiate these categories as purely lexical, rather than syntactic.

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In this sense they corresponded with purely phonological rather than morphosyntactic attributes of the input.

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Actual choices are relevant not to the idea of the right but rather to its direction of exercise with respect to the protected domain.

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The findings underline the importance of using specific rather than general tasks to assess phonology, phonological sensitivity, and phonological representations.

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Past studies have focused on the effects of density on spoken language processing, rather than the effects of density on the structure of lexical representations.

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Clearly, the public health official is not replacing the physician; rather, ethicists now realize a need to be in dialogue with both.

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It is, rather, a matter of what it is that parties can choose and what they can influence.

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This test did not reject the hypothesis of orthogonality so the estimation was done through a random effects model rather than a fixed effects model.

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Ground-penetrating radar is also treated rather briefly, with no description of field techniques.

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Therefore, growth rates may increase over time simply because the initial and descendant cells are recovering from treatment rather than evolving.

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The collective results suggest that neural populations, rather than the individual cell, determine the spatial proper ties of its receptive field.

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