rather

Significado (Inglés)

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Used to specify a choice or preference; preferably, in preference to. (Now usually followed by than)
2. (conjunctive, not-comparable) Used to introduce a contradiction; on the contrary.
3. (conjunctive, not-comparable) Introducing a qualification or clarification; more precisely. (Now usually preceded by or.)
4. (not-comparable) Somewhat, quite; to an unexpected degree.
5. (not-comparable, obsolete) More quickly.

Adj

Prior; earlier; former.

Intj

An enthusiastic affirmation.

Noun

A choice or a preference.

Verb

To prefer; to prefer to.

Conceptos

bastante

más bien

algo

antes

en lugar de

preferiblemente

mejor

por fin

preferentemente

propiamente

próximamente

relativamente

sin embargo

sino

algún tanto

más pronto

mejor que

al contrario

un tanto

al fin

de buena gana

en cambio

en vez de

más

mucho

Opuesto a

utterly

Sinónimos

quite

fairly

somewhat

pretty

sufficiently

enough

preferably

instead

a little

very

sooner

better

more

considerably

a bit

ideally

on the contrary

but

slightly

readily

comparatively

to some extent

all the more

much more

really

easily

relatively

perhaps

certainly

further

the contrary

in preference

little

sort of

some

kind of

kinda

even

intensifier

instead of

willingly

however

hour

contrariwise

highly

gradually

appointment

gladly

most

moreover

Traducciones

piuttosto

plutôt

ziemlich

eher

lieber

abbastanza

tamelijk

assez

nogal

liever

vrij

🆓

bastante

eer

μάλλον

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈɹɑː.ðə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: rather

Heredado de inglés antiguo: hraþor

Cognado con neerlandés: radder

Cognado con neerlandés: rad

Cognado con alemán: gerade

In summary

From Middle English rather, from Old English hraþor, comparative of hraþe (“soon, early, fast”). More at rathe. Cognate with Dutch radder (“faster”), comparative of Dutch rad (“fast; quick”), German Low German radd, ratt (“rashly; quickly; hastily”), German gerade (“even; straight; direct”). By surface analysis, rathe + -er.

Oraciones

It is a register of the title rather than a register of deeds .

Es un registro del título en lugar de un registro de hechos.

You're here rather early .

Estás aquí bastante temprano.

Haeckel did not support natural selection , rather believing in Lamarckism .

Physiological and fossil evidence therefore would make it rather unlikely that turtles were diapsids .

Por lo tanto, la evidencia fisiológica y fósil haría bastante improbable que las tortugas fueran diapsides.

The firebox was made of steel rather than the rarer and more expensive copper .

La caja de fuego estaba hecha de acero en lugar del cobre más raro y más caro.