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DERATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does derate mean?
• DERATE (verb)
The verb DERATE has 1 sense:
1. lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
Familiarity information: DERATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they derate ... he / she / it derates
Past simple: derated
Past participle: derated
-ing form: derating
... he / she / it derates Past simple: derated
Past participle: derated
-ing form: derating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lower the rated electrical capability of electrical apparatus
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "derate" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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