hit rate

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   The proportion of attempts that succeed, especially in sport, business, or computing.

   Grammar: Countable noun; use 'a' or a number before it: 'a hit rate of 80 percent'.

   Patterns

   • a high/low hit rate
   • hit rate of X percent
   • improve the hit rate

   The team's hit rate on penalty shots is only 60 percent.

   Our advertising campaign had a hit rate of one sale for every ten clicks.

   The search engine's hit rate improved after the update.

2. 2nouncountabletechnicalcomputing

   In computing, the percentage of requests for data that are successfully found in a cache or memory.

   Grammar: Technical use; often appears with 'cache': 'cache hit rate'.

   Patterns

   • cache hit rate
   • hit rate of the cache

   A high cache hit rate means the server responds faster.

   Engineers monitor the hit rate to see if the memory is working well.

Word forms

Common combinations

high hit rate

The website has a high hit rate during the holidays.

low hit rate

The low hit rate suggests the targeting was wrong.

improve the hit rate

We need to improve our hit rate on email campaigns.

hit rate of

The app has a hit rate of 90 percent for correct predictions.

Synonyms and how they differ

success rate

A general term for how often something succeeds; 'hit rate' is more informal and often used in sports or computing.

strike rate

Common in cricket and baseball for a batter's scoring speed; 'hit rate' is broader and can refer to any attempt.

Opposites

Word family

hit noun

a successful attempt or shot

hit verb

to touch something with force, or to reach a target

Commonly confused: hit rate or hate rate?

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