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 Definitions of rather  [ˈræð ər, ˈrɑ ðər]  

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Definition of 'rather' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adv.) rather
to some extent:
rather good.

2.  rather
in some degree:
I rather expect you'll regret it.

3.  rather
more properly or justly:
The contrary is rather to be supposed.

4.  rather
sooner:
to die rather than yield.

5.  rather
more truly:
He is a painter or, rather, a watercolorist.

6.  rather
on the contrary:
It's not generosity, rather self-interest.


Definition of 'rather' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adverb) rather, instead
on the contrary
"rather than disappoint the children, he did two quick tricks before he left"; "he didn't call; rather (or instead), he wrote her a letter"; "used English terms instead of Latin ones"

2. (adverb) rather, kind of, kinda, sort of
to some (great or small) extent
"it was rather cold"; "the party was rather nice"; "the knife is rather dull"; "I rather regret that I cannot attend"; "He's rather good at playing the cello"; "he is kind of shy"

3. (adverb) preferably, sooner, rather
more readily or willingly
"clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"

4. (adverb) quite, rather
to a degree (not used with a negative)
"quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"


Definition of 'rather' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adverb) rather
to a fairly large degree; = quite, pretty
a rather boring speech

2.  rather
used to correct what you have just said
We were invited to a party, or rather two parties.

3.  rather
rather than
instead of
We could go inside, rather than sitting out here in the wind.; Rather than wait any longer, we decided to leave.

4.  rather
would rather
indicates what sb prefers
I'd rather see a comedy than a drama tonight.; "Would you like to try it?" "Thanks, I'd rather not."


Definition of 'rather' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) rather
prior; earlier; former

2. (adj) rather
earlier; sooner; before

3. (adj) rather
more readily or willingly; preferably

4. (adj) rather
on the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead

5. (adj) rather
of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat

6. (adj) rather
more properly; more correctly speaking

7. (adj) rather
in some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp


Translation of 'rather' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to a certain extent; slightly; a little
He's rather nice; That's a rather silly question / rather a silly question; I've eaten rather more than I should have.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: nogal Arabic flag Arabic: إلى حَدٍ ما Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: по-скоро
Brazilian flag Brazilian: um tanto Czech flag Czech: dosti, spíše German flag German: ziemlich
Danish flag Danish: ret; temmelig Greek flag Greek: μάλλον Spanish flag Spanish: bastante; más bien, un ta
Estonian flag Estonian: üsna Farsi flag Farsi: نسبتا Finnish flag Finnish: melko
French flag French: plutôt, un peu Hebrew flag Hebrew: בְּמִידַת מָה Hindi flag Hindi: बल्कि
Croatian flag Croatian: štoviše, zapravo Hungarian flag Hungarian: meglehetősen Indonesian flag Indonesian: agak
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fremur, frekar Italian flag Italian: piuttosto, un po' Japanese flag Japanese: どちらかといえば
Korean flag Korean: 어느 정도까지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: gana,šiek tiek Latvian flag Latvian: visai; diezgan
Malay flag Malay: agak Dutch flag Dutch: tamelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: ganske, nokså, temmelig
Polish flag Polish: dość Persian flag Persian: نسبتا Pashto flag Pashto: په خوښه، په غوره توګه، نس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: um tanto Romanian flag Romanian: mai degra­bă; un pic Russian flag Russian: довольно, несколько
Slovak flag Slovak: dosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: dokaj Serbian flag Serbian: malo
Swedish flag Swedish: ganska, [jag tror] nästan Thai flag Thai: ค่อนข้าง Turkish flag Turkish: oldukça, biraz, az çok
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 相當,稍微 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дещо, досить Urdu flag Urdu: بڑی حد تک
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: khá Chinese flag Chinese: 相当,有点儿

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