In sentence: - "He´s getting along rather well with his fellow workers. İş arkadaşlarıyla oldukça iyi geçiniyor." , "I decided to visit a friend rather than go home. Eve gitmektense bir arkadaşı ziyaret etmeye karar verdim." , "This place is like a museum rather than a house."
Etymology: [ 'ra-[th]&r, 'rä ] (adverb.) before 12th century. From Middle English rather, rether, from Old English hraþor (“sooner, earlier, more quickly”), comparative of hraþe (“hastily, quickly, promptly, readily, immediately, soon, at once, directly”), equivalent to rathe + -er. More at rathe.
Synonyms: liever, liefer, as lief, somewhat, fairly, quite, a bit, a little, averagely, comparatively, enough, in a certain degree, kind of, more or less, passably, pretty, ratherish, reasonably, relatively
Antonyms: utterly, extremely, violently, insignificantly, little
to introduce a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.), Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary, Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, To prefer; to prefer to, More quickly; sooner, earlier, Somewhat, fairly, More readily or willingly; preferably, lever, More, more of, Preferably, sooner, to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich", politeness You use rather before verbs that introduce your thoughts and feelings, in order to express your opinion politely, especially when a different opinion has been expressed. I rather think he was telling the truth, Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat, Earlier; sooner; before, On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead, In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp, 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, More properly; more correctly speaking, Prior; earlier; former, very, quite; to a degree, somewhat; slightly, a bit; might as well, You use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent, especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable. I grew up in rather unusual circumstances The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly I'm afraid it's rather a long story The reality is rather more complex The fruit is rather like a sweet chestnut, 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", If you say that you would rather do something or you'd rather do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it. If you say that you would rather not do something, you mean that you do not want to do it. If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home Kids would rather play than study I would rather Lionel took it on Sorry. I'd rather not talk about it Would you like that? Don't hesitate to say no if you'd rather not, You use rather when you are correcting something that you have just said, especially when you are describing a particular situation after saying what it is not. He explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it was, You use rather than when you are contrasting two things or situations. Rather than introduces the thing or situation that is not true or that you do not want. The problem was psychological rather than physiological When I'm going out in the evening I use the bike if I can rather than the car. Rather is also a conjunction. She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think, more readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up",
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to introduce a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.) - "I didn't want to leave. Or rather I did, just not alone."
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Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary - "She didn't go along, but rather went home instead."
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Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably - "Firstly, I continue to base most species treatments on personally collected material, rather than on herbarium plants."
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To prefer; to prefer to - ""That was a killer," said Chris. "I'd rathered die in St. Bernard than spent one minute over there. I would have rathered the storm, shaking with the wind and rain hitting in the boat for an eternity than spending any time there."
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More quickly; sooner, earlier
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Somewhat, fairly - "This melon is rather tasteless, especially compared to the one we had last time."
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More readily or willingly; preferably
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lever
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More, more of
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Preferably
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sooner
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to a degree (not used with a negative); "quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"
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politeness You use rather before verbs that introduce your thoughts and feelings, in order to express your opinion politely, especially when a different opinion has been expressed. I rather think he was telling the truth
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Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat
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Earlier; sooner; before
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On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead
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In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp
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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
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More properly; more correctly speaking
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Prior; earlier; former
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very, quite; to a degree, somewhat; slightly, a bit; might as well
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You use rather to indicate that something is true to a fairly great extent, especially when you are talking about something unpleasant or undesirable. I grew up in rather unusual circumstances The first speaker began to talk, very fast and rather loudly I'm afraid it's rather a long story The reality is rather more complex The fruit is rather like a sweet chestnut
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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"
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If you say that you would rather do something or you'd rather do it, you mean that you would prefer to do it. If you say that you would rather not do something, you mean that you do not want to do it. If it's all the same to you, I'd rather work at home Kids would rather play than study I would rather Lionel took it on Sorry. I'd rather not talk about it Would you like that? Don't hesitate to say no if you'd rather not
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You use rather when you are correcting something that you have just said, especially when you are describing a particular situation after saying what it is not. He explained what the Crux is, or rather, what it was
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You use rather than when you are contrasting two things or situations. Rather than introduces the thing or situation that is not true or that you do not want. The problem was psychological rather than physiological When I'm going out in the evening I use the bike if I can rather than the car. Rather is also a conjunction. She made students think for themselves, rather than telling them what to think
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more readily or willingly; "clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"
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