📖 Определения и значения для слова rather
📒 used to mean ‘fairly’ or ‘to some degree’, often when you are disappointed, surprised or expressing slight criticism
- rather odd/strange/unusual
- a rather large sum of money
- A rather small number of people turned up.
📒 used with a verb to make a statement sound less strong
- I've always rather liked Charlie.
- I rather suspect we're making a mistake.
- We were rather hoping you'd be able to do it by Friday.
📒 used to correct something you have said, or to give more accurate information
- She worked as a secretary, or rather, a personal assistant.
- In the end he had to walk—or rather run—to the office.
- Some poems are mnemonics, i.e. they are designed to help you remember something.
📒 used to introduce an idea that is different or opposite to the idea that you have stated previously
- The walls were not white, but rather a sort of dirty grey.
- The problem is not in the whole system, but rather in one small part.
📒 instead of somebody/something
- I think I'll have a cold drink rather than coffee.
- Why didn't you ask for help, rather than trying to do it on your own?
📒 used for saying that you would not like to do something that another person is going to do
- ‘I'm going climbing tomorrow.’ ‘Rather you than me!’
📒 would prefer to
- She'd rather die than give a speech.
- ‘Do you want to come with us?’ ‘No, I'd rather not.’
- Would you rather walk or take the bus?