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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | line end_man | |
| 2. | [ noun ] relative status | |
| Examples: | "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| Related terms: | complete | |
| 11. | [ adjective ] growing profusely | |
| Examples: | "rank jungle vegetation" |
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| 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 |
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| Related terms: | complete | |
| 13. | [ adjective ] very offensive in smell or taste | |
| Examples: | "a rank cigar" |
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| 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 | |
| Similar spelling: |
Ranck Rains Raynes raunch Raines raunchy |
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