گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'rather'

1 عمومی:: تا یك‌ اندازه‌

2 عمومی:: سریع‌ تر

3 عمومی:: بلكه‌

4 عمومی:: با میل‌

5 عمومی:: بیشتر

6 عمومی:: نسبتا

1 general:: adv. fairly: It is rather a large sum of money. adv. preferably: I'd rather go to the movies.

2 general:: rather/quite especially British English more than a little, but less than very. British people often use these words before adjectives in conversation. In many cases they do not intend to change the meaning – it is just something that people say: • She seemed rather unhappy. • It's rather a difficult question. • It’s getting quite late. • Malaria is rather common in this area. fairly rather. Fairly is used in both British and American English: • The test was fairly easy. • It’s a fairly long way to the next town. pretty spoken rather. Pretty is more informal than the other words and is used in spoken English: • Her French is pretty good. • We’re in a pretty strong position. reasonably to a satisfactory level or degree: • He plays reasonably well. • Let's just say that I am reasonably confident we'll win. moderately formal more than a little, but not very: • Her family was moderately wealthy. • The food was moderately good, but not as good as the food in the other restaurants. • Use a moderately high heat. • a moderately difficult climb somewhat formal fairly or to a small degree. Somewhat is used especially when talking about the size or degree of something. It is often used in comparatives: • The celebrations were somewhat larger than last year’s. • He looked somewhat irritated. • a somewhat surprising decision

3 general:: see HAD RATHER.