rank
1. [ noun ] a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
Examples:

"the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

Related terms: line end_man
2. [ noun ] relative status
Examples:

"his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

Related terms: status grade first third gradation last twentieth fourth ninth sixteenth eighteenth eighth thirtieth eleventh fiftieth seventeenth second_class nineteenth dukedom kingship tenth fifth second seventieth sixtieth eightieth ninetieth thirteenth twelfth hundredth thousandth fourteenth millionth billionth fifteenth military_rank archidiaconate baronetcy seventh earldom sixth princedom viscountcy fortieth rate
3. [ noun ] (military) the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
Synonyms: rank_and_file
Examples:

"the strike was supported by the union rank and file" "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"

Related terms: force enlisted_man military
4. [ noun ] position in a social hierarchy
Synonyms: social_status social_rank social_station
Examples:

"the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

Related terms: status place quality
5. [ verb ] take or have a position relative to others
Examples:

"This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"

Related terms: be place come ranking
6. [ noun ] the body of members of an organization or group
Synonyms: membership
Examples:

"they polled their membership" "they found dissension in their own ranks" "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"

Related terms: body organization
7. [ verb ] assign a rank or rating to
Synonyms: rate place grade order range
Examples:

"how would you rank these students?" "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

Related terms: judge downgrade upgrade subordinate reorder sequence shortlist superordinate prioritize seed order order place gradation grader gradation
8. [ adjective ] very fertile; producing profuse growth
Examples:

"rank earth"

Related terms: fertile
9. [ adjective ] conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
Synonyms: glaring egregious flagrant gross crying
Examples:

"a crying shame" "an egregious lie" "flagrant violation of human rights" "a glaring error" "gross ineptitude" "gross injustice" "rank treachery"

Related terms: conspicuous
10. [ adjective ] complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Synonyms: sheer absolute out-and-out right-down downright
Examples:

"absolute freedom" "a downright lie" "out-and-out mayhem" "a rank outsider" "many right-down vices" "sheer stupidity"

Related terms: complete
11. [ adjective ] growing profusely
Examples:

"rank jungle vegetation"

Related terms: abundant
12. [ adjective ] complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Synonyms: sheer absolute out-and-out right-down downright
Examples:

"absolute freedom" "an absolute dimwit" "a downright lie" "out-and-out mayhem" "an out-and-out lie" "a rank outsider" "many right-down vices" "got the jo

Related terms: complete
13. [ adjective ] very offensive in smell or taste
Examples:

"a rank cigar"

Related terms: offensive
14. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10855
15. [ verb ] take precedence or surpass others in rank
Synonyms: outrank
Related terms: excel
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