at this rate

English

Alternative forms

• at that rate

Prepositional phrase

at this rate

1. If one continues at the current pace or with the current actions.

   Near-synonym: the way things are going

   At this rate, we'll never get the project done.

Translations

continuing at the current pace

• Danish: i det her tempo (da), i den her fart (da)
• Finnish: tätä menoa
• French: à ce rythme, à ce rythme-là
• German: wenn das so weitergeht (phrase), bei diesem Tempo
• Hindi: इस दर पर (is dar par)
• Italian: di questo passo
• Polish: w tym tempie
• Turkish: bu gidişle (tr), böyle giderse

Further reading

• “at this rate”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “At this/that rate”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “at that rate”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “at this rate”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “at this rate” (US) / “at this rate” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “at this rate”, in Collins English Dictionary.