rather

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

plutôt

assez

suffisamment

relativement

au contraire

volontiers

mieux

de préférence

passablement

le mieux

légerement

une certaine quantité

vite

°

à la place de

à l’inverse

d’abord

encore plus

pourrait aussi bien

avoir des difficultés à

diffcilement

au lieu

préférablement

au lieu de

certes

davantage

facilement

légèrement

meilleur

peu

plus

précisément

si

très

Opposé de

utterly

Synonymes

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

Traductions

piuttosto

bastante

ziemlich

más bien

eher

abbastanza

lieber

tamelijk

nogal

vrij

🆓

liever

eer

bastante

μάλλον

Prononcé comme (IPA)

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Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: rather

Hérité de ancien anglais: hraþor

Appartenant à néerlandais: radder

Appartenant à néerlandais: rad

Appartenant à allemand: 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.

Phrases

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

Il s'agit d'un registre du titre plutôt que d'un registre des actes.

You're here rather early .

Vous êtes ici assez tôt.

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

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

Les preuves physiologiques et fossiles rendraient donc assez peu probable que les tortues soient des diapsides.

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

La foyer était en acier plutôt que le cuivre plus rare et plus cher.