Word Frequency
rank1 (ræŋk
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Definitions
noun
- a position, esp an official one, within a social organization, esp the armed forces ⇒
the rank of captain
- high social or other standing; status
- a line or row of people or things
- the position of an item in any ordering or sequence
- (British) a place where taxis wait to be hired
- a line of soldiers drawn up abreast of each other Compare file1 (sense 5)
- any of the eight horizontal rows of squares on a chessboard
- (in systemic grammar) one of the units of description of which a grammar is composed. Ranks of English grammar are sentence, clause, group, word, and morpheme
- (music) a set of organ pipes controlled by the same stop
- (mathematics) (of a matrix) the largest number of linearly independent rows or columns; the number of rows (or columns) of the nonzero determinant of greatest order that can be extracted from the matrix
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See break ranks
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See close ranks
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See pull rank
verb
- tr to arrange (people or things) in rows or lines; range
- to accord or be accorded a specific position in an organization, society, or group
- tr to array (a set of objects) as a sequence, esp in terms of the natural arithmetic
ordering of some measure of the elements ⇒
to rank students by their test scores
- intr to be important; rate ⇒
money ranks low in her order of priorities
- (mainly US) to take precedence or surpass in rank ⇒
the colonel ranks at this camp
Word Origin
C16: from Old French ranc row, rank, of Germanic origin; compare Old High German hring circlerank2 (ræŋk
)
Definitions
adjective
- showing vigorous and profuse growth ⇒
rank weeds
- highly offensive or disagreeable, esp in smell or taste
- prenominal complete or absolute; utter ⇒
a rank outsider
- coarse or vulgar; gross ⇒
his language was rank
Derived Forms
ˈrankly adverbˈrankness noun
Word Origin
Old English ranc straight, noble; related to Old Norse rakkr upright, Dutch, Swedish rank tall and thin, weakSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = absolute, complete, total, gross, sheer, excessive, utter, glaring, thorough, extravagant, rampant, blatant, downright, flagrant, egregious, unmitigated, undisguised, arrant
= foul, off, bad, offensive, disgusting, revolting, stinking, stale, pungent, noxious, disagreeable, musty, rancid, fetid, putrid, fusty, strong-smelling, gamey, noisome, mephitic, olid, yucky or yukky, festy
= abundant, flourishing, lush, luxuriant, productive, vigorous, dense, exuberant, profuse, strong-growing
Rank
Definitions
noun
- (ræŋk
) . J(oseph) Arthur, 1st Baron. 1888–1972, British industrialist and film executive, whose companies
dominated the British film industry in the 1940s and 1950s
- (German raŋk) . Otto (ˈɔto). 1884–1939, Austrian psychoanalyst, noted for his theory that the trauma of birth may be reflected in certain forms of mental illness
Translations for 'rank'
- British English: rank Someone's rank is their position in an organization, or in society....the rank of captain.ræŋk NOUNstatus
- Arabic: مَكَانَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: posição
- Chinese: 等级
- Croatian: rang
- Czech: hodnost
- Danish: rang
- Dutch: rang
- European Spanish: rango
- Finnish: arvoasema
- French: rang
- German: Rang Ränge
- Greek: ιεραρχικός βαθμός
- Italian: rango
- Japanese: 階級status
- Korean: 계층
- Norwegian: rang
- Polish: ranga
- Portuguese: posição
- Romanian: grad grade
- Russian: ранг
- Spanish: rango
- Swedish: rang
- Thai: ตำแหน่ง
- Turkish: rütbe
- Ukrainian: звання
- Vietnamese: vị trí
- British English: rank A rank of people or things is a row of them.Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by.ræŋk NOUNrow
- Arabic: صَفّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: fileira
- Chinese: 行列
- Croatian: red
- Czech: řada
- Danish: række
- Dutch: rij
- European Spanish: fila
- Finnish: rivi
- French: rangée
- German: Reihe
- Greek: σειρά
- Italian: riga
- Japanese: 列line
- Korean: 열
- Norwegian: rekkelinje
- Polish: szereglinia
- Portuguese: fileira
- Romanian: șir șiruri
- Russian: шеренга
- Spanish: fila
- Swedish: rad
- Thai: แถว
- Turkish: sırataksi vb
- Ukrainian: шеренга
- Vietnamese: dãy
- British English: rank When someone or something is ranked a particular position, they are at that position on a scale.The tennis player ranks 20th in the world.IT proficiency ranks alongside reading and writing as one of the most important basic abilities.ræŋk VERB
- Arabic: يَحْتَلُّ مَكَانَة
- Brazilian Portuguese: figurar
- Chinese: 排列
- Croatian: rangirati
- Czech: řadit (se) zařadit (se)do skupiny
- Danish: rangere
- Dutch: positie bekleden
- European Spanish: estar clasificado
- Finnish: olla arvoltaan
- French: classeren ordre
- German: zählen zu
- Greek: ταξινομώ
- Italian: classificare
- Japanese: ランク付けする
- Korean: 위치하게 하다
- Norwegian: rangere
- Polish: zaliczać się zaliczyć się
- Portuguese: figurar
- Romanian: a se clasa
- Russian: располагать в ряд
- Spanish: estar clasificado
- Swedish: ha en plats
- Thai: อยู่ในอันดับ
- Turkish: sıralamak
- Ukrainian: шикувати(ся) вишикувати(ся)
- Vietnamese: giữ vị trí
Example Sentences Including 'rank'
By Scott Mcleod Everton Reporter EUROPEAN qualification with Everton would rank alongside the greatest achievements of Alan Stubbs ' career.Liverpool Daily Post and Echo (2003)
By the end of hostilities he held the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.A Song at Twilight
Jackson sat at the table licking his teeth, which tasted rank.The Scar
Like Bayldon, he had only been elevated to Cabinet rank in order that the PM could keep tabs on him.The Endless Game
This occurs because there are not enough assets to repay unsecured lenders, who rank ahead of shareholders.Globe and Mail (2003)
To hop to Cartagena is the height of rank incompetence: We're voicing our displeasure in a big boat of no-confidence.Globe and Mail (2003)
Ukraine and Serbia rank among the most enthusiastic of the third world peacekeepers.Spiked (2003)
With its publication, the lady has gone from privileged insider to rank outsider; from white knight to black beast.Glasgow Herald (2001)
`I am a merchant, Lieutenant Sharpe,' he said, somehow making the rank sound like an insult.SHARPE'S PREY (2002)
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