Rate and Use

Rate

Rate verb - To be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment).

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Use and rate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Use" instead the word "Rate" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: rated, rateable, rater

Use verb - To behave toward in a stated way.

Usage example: the factory workers were underpaid and poorly used by their employers

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Rate and use are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rate" instead the word "Use" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: useless, useful, used, usefulness, using

human	human rate	human use
good	good rate	good use
full	full rate	full use
best	best rate	best use
Other adjectives: better, similar, normal, usual, regular, standard, poor, effective, actual, constant, great, excellent, frequent, possible, intended, different, efficient.

ability	rate ability	use ability
power	rate power	use power
strength	rate strength	use strength
type	rate type	use type
Other words: cards, skills, abilities.

You had to memorize, or check every time, each characters movement rate and use that to count where they should be able to go in a turn.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Video Games
Cadia's birth rate and recruitment rate are synonymous, every Cadian learns to field-strip a lasgun before they learn to read, and even civilian fashions use military camouflage.

Source: Characters / Warhammer 40000 Imperial Guard
The Realms of Arkania series removed the Dwarves ability to use two handed weapons and the Druids ability to use bows in the second game (turning them into second rate Squishy Wizards instead of competent magic wielding rangers).

Source: Nerf

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