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rash1 / raij / noun [ count ] ( plural rash - es )

a lot of small red spots on your skin He had an itchy rash on his back.

rash 2 / гж/ / adjective ( rash - er , rash - est )

If you are rash , you do things too quickly and without thinking about the possible result

You were very rash to leave your job before you found a new one.

rasp•ber • ry / ' r®z|beri / noun [ count ] ( plural rasp - ber - ries )

a small soft red fruit that grows on bushes raspberry jam

Look at the picture at berry . rat / r®t / noun [ count ]

an animal like a big mouse

rate Ф / l-eit / noun [ count ]

the speed of something or how often something happens The crime rate was lower in 2009 than in 2010.

The nurse will check your heart rate .

the amount that something costs or that someone is paid The basic rate of pay is $20 an hour.

at any rate ( informal ) anyway; whatever happens

I hope to be back before ten o'clock — I won't be late at any rate.

rath .er Ф / г^сЪг/ adverb

more than a little but not very

We were rather tired after our long trip.

—SYNONYM pretty

rather than

in the place of; instead of

Could I have tea rather than coffee?

would rather

would prefer to do something I'd rather go by train than by bus.

rat • ing / ' reitig / noun [ count ]

a measurement of how good, popular, difficult, etc. something is

a hotel with a five star rating

The new TV show got terrible ratings and was canceled.

ra • tioaw щ / ' reijion / noun [ count ]

( MATH ) the relation between two numbers, which shows how much bigger one amount is than the other The ratio of boys to girls in the class is three to one (= there are three boys to every one girl ) .

ra • tion1 / ' rrejn / noun [ count ]

a small amount of something that you are allowed to have when there is not enough for everyone to have what they want

food rations

ra • tion 2 / ' rrejn / verb ( ra . tions , ra . tion . ing , ra . tioned )

to control the amount of something that someone is allowed to have, for example because there is not enough for everyone to have as much as they want Eggs were rationed during the war.

ra • tion • al / ' rrejbnl / adjective

based on facts; sensible

There must be a rational explanation for why he's behaving like this.

—ANTONYM irrational

ra • tion • ale / ^ja ' nrei / noun [ count ]

( formal )

the reasons which explain a particular decision, belief, plan, etc.

What is the rationale behind the new policy?

rat • tle 1 / ' rretl / verb ( rat . tles , rat . tling , rat . tled )

to make a sound like hard things hitting each other, or to shake something so that it makes this sound The windows were rattling all night in the wind. She rattled the ice cubes in her glass.

rat • tle2 / ' rretl / noun [ count ]

the noise of hard things hitting each other the rattle of empty bottles

a toy that a baby can shake to make a noise

rat .tie .snake

/ ' rretlsneik / noun [ count ]

a poisonous snake that makes a noise like a rattle with its tail when it is angry or afraid

ra • vine / гэ 'vin / noun [ count ]

( GEOGRAPHY ) a small, deep, narrow valley

raw / ro / adjective

not cooked raw meat

in its natural state; not yet made into anything raw sugar

ray / rei / noun [ count ] ( plural rays ) ( PHYSICS ) a line of light or heat

the sun's rays

ra • zor blade / ' reizar bleid / noun [ count ] the thin metal part of a razor that cuts

ra • Zor / ' reizar / noun [ count ] a sharp thing that people use to cut hair off their bodies (to shave )

Rd.

abbreviation of road PREFIX

re-

( in verbs, and related nouns, adjectives, and adverbs ) again