How to pronounce rather

Rather

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Pronounce Rather as R AH T HH EH R.

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quite; to a slight degree

rather, instead(adverb)

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"

rather, kind of, kinda, sort of(adverb)

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"

preferably, sooner, rather(adverb)

more readily or willingly

"clean it well, preferably with warm water"; "I'd rather be in Philadelphia"; "I'd sooner die than give up"

quite, rather(adverb)

to a degree (not used with a negative)

"quite tasty"; "quite soon"; "quite ill"; "quite rich"

by choice or preference

I would rather go to the movies than stay at home

as a substitute

don't think of the placement test as torture but rather as a chance to show off how much you know

to some degree or extent

I say, don't you think that's rather expensive for a hamburger?

I would rather not go.

I would rather stay here.

I have some rather bad news.

I would rather have a coffee.

I would rather starve than steal.

I would rather have a cat than a dog.

I would rather not go shopping alone.

I would rather stay at home than go out.

Tom told me that he would rather not go.

I really would rather be alone right now.

sooner kinda alternatively instead quite or else sort of preferably kind of earlier quite an quite a liefer liever fairly somewhat as lief sooner than in preference to in preference moderately in some measure in some degree pretty relatively enough slightly very but fain first readily soon willingly kindly like more or less something

involuntarily unwillingly

• بالأحرىArabic
• доста скоро повече Bulgarian
• bastant força preferiblement Catalan
• raději spíš spíše Czech
• eithaf yn hytrach mwy Welch
• ziemlich eher lieber German
• μάλλον Greek
• bastante preferiblemente más bien algo Spanish
• ennem Estonian
• بلکه Persian
• pikemminkin melko mieluummin tarkemmin sanottuna vaan aika Finnish
• nokkso, rættiligaFaeroese
• plutôt French
• abbastanza meglio piuttosto preferibilmente Italian
• 寧ろ, むしろ, かなり, 一層Japanese
• potius Latin
• gluži diezgan Latvian
• eerder meer liever nogal Dutch
• nokså temmelig fortrinnsvis heller ganske Norwegian
• um tanto preferivelmente de preferência bem bastante meio Portuguese
• лучше скорее довольно Russian
• rätt hellre helst ganska Swedish
• швидшеUkrainian