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rank ¹  (rngk)

n.

1.

a. A relative position in a society.

b. An official position or grade: the rank of sergeant.

c. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.

d. High or eminent station or position: persons of rank.

2. A row, line, series, or range.

3.

a. A line of soldiers, vehicles, or equipment standing side by side in close order.

b. ranks The armed forces.

c. ranks Personnel, especially enlisted military personnel.

4. ranks A body of people classed together; numbers: joined the ranks of the unemployed.

5. Games Any of the rows of squares running crosswise to the files on a playing board in chess or checkers.

v. ranked, rank·ing, ranks

v.tr.

1. To place in a row or rows.

2. To give a particular order or position to; classify.

3. To outrank or take precedence over.

v.intr.

1. To hold a particular rank: ranked first in the class.

2. To form or stand in a row or rows.

3. Slang

a. To complain.

b. To engage in carping criticism. Often used with on: Stop ranking on me all the time.

Idiom:

pull rank

To use one's superior rank to gain an advantage.

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[Middle English, line, row, from Old French ranc, renc, of Germanic origin; see sker-² in Indo-European roots.]

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rank ¹

Noun

1. a position within a social organization: the rank of superintendent

2. high social or other standing: accusations were made against people of high rank

3. a person's social class: it was too grand for someone of his lowly rank

4. the position of an item in any ordering or sequence

5. a line or row of people or things

6. a place where taxis wait to be hired

7. a line of people, esp. soldiers, positioned one beside the other

8. any of the eight horizontal rows of squares on a chessboard

9. close ranks to maintain solidarity

10. pull rank to get one's own way by virtue of one's superior position

11. rank and file the ordinary people or members of a group

12. the ranks the common soldiers

Verb

1. to give or hold a specific position in an organization or group

2. to arrange in rows or lines

3. to arrange in sequence: to rank students according to their grades

4. to be important: the legendary coronation stone ranks high in the hearts of patriots [Old French ranc]

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rank ²

Adjective

1. complete or absolute: rank incompetence

2. smelling offensively strong

3. growing too quickly: rank weeds [Old English ranc straight, proud]

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Rank row or line, 1570; series or tier; a social group.

Examples: rank of baskets, 1693; of carriages; of criminals, 1585; of death, 1813; of geese and ganders, 1577; of nobles, 1596; of opposition, 1855; of organ pipes, 1811; of osiers, 1600; of poor, lame and impotent persons, 1597; of prejudices, 1725; of the priesthood, 1874; of soldiers, 1668; of swelling streams, 1697; of taxi-cabs; of teeth, 1590; of trees; of poetic tribe, 1781; of war, 1738; of wretched youths, 1697.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rank - a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" line - a formation of people or things one beside another; "the line of soldiers advanced with their bayonets fixed"; "they were arrayed in line of battle"; "the cast stood in line for the curtain call" end man - a man at one end of a row of people
	2.	rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" first, number one - the first or highest in an ordering or series; "He wanted to be the first" second - following the first in an ordering or series; "he came in a close second" third - following the second position in an ordering or series; "a distant third"; "he answered the first question willingly, the second reluctantly, and the third with resentment" fourth - following the third position; number four in a countable series fifth - position five in a countable series of things; "he was fifth out of several hundred runners" sixth - position six in a countable series of things seventh - position seven in a countable series of things eighth - position eight in a countable series of things ninth - position nine in a countable series of things; "going into the ninth they were a run ahead" tenth - position ten in a countable series of things eleventh - position 11 in a countable series of things twelfth - position 12 in a countable series of things thirteenth - position 13 in a countable series of things fourteenth - position 14 in a countable series of things fifteenth - position 15 in a countable series of things sixteenth - position 16 in a countable series of things seventeenth - position 17 in a countable series of things eighteenth - position 18 in a countable series of things nineteenth - position 19 in a countable series of things twentieth - position 20 in a countable series of things thirtieth - position 30 in a countable series of things fortieth - position 40 in a countable series of things fiftieth - position 50 in a countable series of things sixtieth - position 60 in a countable series of things seventieth - position 70 in a countable series of things eightieth - position 80 in a countable series of things ninetieth - position 90 in a countable series of things hundredth - position 100 in a countable series of things thousandth - position 1,000 in a countable series of things millionth - position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things billionth - position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things last - the last or lowest in an ordering or series; "he was the last to leave"; "he finished an inglorious last" status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" tier, grade, level - a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade" gradation, step - relative position in a graded series; "always a step behind"; "subtle gradations in color"; "keep in step with the fashions" second class - not the highest rank in a classification military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating - rank in a military organization archidiaconate - office or position of an archdeacon baronetcy, barony - the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness dukedom - the dignity or rank or position of a duke earldom - the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess kingship - the dignity or rank or position of a king princedom - the dignity or rank or position of a prince viscountcy, viscounty - the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess
	3.	rank - the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" rank and file armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" personnel, force - group of people willing to obey orders; "a public force is necessary to give security to the rights of citizens" enlisted man - a male enlisted person in the armed forces
	4.	rank - position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are" social rank, social station, social status status, position - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" station, place - proper or designated social situation; "he overstepped his place"; "the responsibilities of a man in his station"; "married above her station" quality - high social status; "a man of quality"
	5.	rank - the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" membership body - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity; "the whole body filed out of the auditorium"; "the student body"; "administrative body" organization, organisation - a group of people who work together
Verb	1.	rank - take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" come in, come out, place - take a place in a competition; often followed by an ordinal; "Jerry came in third in the Marathon" come - have a certain priority; "My family comes first" be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"
	2.	rank - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" grade, rate, place, range, order superordinate - place in a superior order or rank; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" shortlist - put someone or something on a short list seed - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds reorder - assign a new order to subordinate - rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools" prioritise, prioritize - assign a priority to; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" sequence - arrange in a sequence downgrade - rate lower; lower in value or esteem upgrade - rate higher; raise in value or esteem pass judgment, evaluate, judge - form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"
	3.	rank - take precedence or surpass others in rank outrank excel, surpass, stand out - distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math"
Adj.	1.	rank - very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth" fertile - capable of reproducing
	2.	rank - very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar" offensive - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors"
	3.	rank - conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery" egregious, flagrant, glaring, crying, gross conspicuous - obvious to the eye or mind; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening"
	4.	rank - complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "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 job through sheer persistence"; "sheer stupidity" out-and-out, right-down, sheer, absolute, downright complete - having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
	5.	rank - growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation" abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

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rank ¹

noun 1. status, level, position, grade, order, standing, sort, quality, type, station, division, degree, classification, echelon

noun 2. class, dignity, caste, nobility, stratum

noun 3. row, line, file, column, group, range, series, formation, tier

verb 4. order, class, grade, classify, dispose

verb 5. arrange, sort, position, range, line up, locate, sequence, array, marshal, align >> rank and file 6. general public, body, majority, mass, masses, Joe (and Eileen) Public (slang) Joe Six-Pack U.S. (slang)

7. lower ranks, men, troops, soldiers, other ranks, private soldiers

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rank ²

adjective 1. absolute, complete, total, gross, sheer, excessive, utter, glaring, thorough, extravagant, rampant, blatant, downright, flagrant, egregious, unmitigated, undisguised, arrant

adjective 2. 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 (slang) festy Austral. (slang)

adjective 3. abundant, flourishing, lush, luxuriant, productive, vigorous, dense, exuberant, profuse, strong-growing

Translations

rank [ræŋk] n (= row) → fila;

(MIL) → rango (= status); categoría;

(BRIT) (also: taxi rank) → parada

vi to rank among → figurar entre adj (= stinking) → fétido, rancio; [hypocrisy, injustice etc] → manifiesto;

the rank and file (fig) → las bases;

to close ranks (MIL) → cerrar filas;

(fig) → hacer un frente común;

rank outsider → participante m/f sin probabilidades de vencer;

I rank him 6th → yo le pongo en sexto lugar

rank [ræŋk] n → rang m;

(Mil) → grade m;

(Brit) (also: taxi rank) → station f de taxis

vi to rank among → compter or se classer parmi vt I rank him sixth → je le place sixième adj [smell] → nauséabond(e); [hypocrisy, injustice etc] → flagrant(e);

he's a rank outsider → il n'est vraiment pas dans la course;

the ranks (Mil) → la troupe;

the rank and file (fig) → la masse, la base;

to close ranks (Mil) (fig); serrer les rangs

rank [ræŋk] n (row) → Reihe f;

(Mil) → Rang m;

(social class) → Schicht f;

(Brit) (also: taxi rank) → Taxistand m

vi to rank as/among → zählen zu vt he is ranked third in the world → er steht weltweit an dritter Stelle adj (stinking) → stinkend;

(sheer) (hypocrisy etc) → rein;

the ranks npl (Mil) → die Mannschaften pl;

the rank and file (ordinary members) → die Basis f;

to close ranks (Mil), (fig); die Reihen schließen

rank [ræŋk] n → fila;

(MIL) → grado;

(BRIT) (also: taxi rank) → posteggio di taxi

vi to rank among → essere nel numero di adj [smell] → puzzolente; [hypocrisy, injustice] → vero/a e proprio/a;

the ranks (MIL), → la truppa;

the rank and file (fig) → la gran massa;

to close ranks (MIL) (fig) → serrare i ranghi;

I rank him sixth → gli do il sesto posto, lo metto al sesto posto

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rank¹

n rank [rӕŋk]

1 a line or row (especially of soldiers or taxis) The officer ordered the front rank to fire. ry, linie صَف جُنود أو تاكسيّات ред řada, šik række; -række die Reihe σειρά, ζυγός fila, hilera rivi ردیف؛ خط rivi rang(ée), file שוּרָה कतार red, niz sor barisan röð fila, schiera 列 열 linija, greta ierinda; rinda barisan gelid, standplaats linje, rekke linia, rząd fila linie, rând ряд; шеренга rada vrsta stroj led, rad แถว sıra, dizi, saf 排 шеренга; стоянка таксі قطار hàng 排

2 (in the army, navy etc) a person's position of importance He was promoted to the rank of sergeant/colonel. rang رُتْبَه чин hodnost rang der Rang βαθμός ιεραρχίας rango, graduación aukraad رتبه؛ درجه arvo rang דַרגָה ओहदा čin rang pangkat staða grado, rango 階級 (군대의) 계급 rangas, laipsnis kategorija; (dienesta) pakāpe pangkat rang grad, rang stopień, szarża posto grad звание hodnosť čin čin grad ยศ rütbe 軍銜 звання, чин رتبہ cấp bậc 军衔

3 a social class the lower social ranks. rang, klas طَبَقَه класа třída klasse die Klasse κοινωνική τάξη clase klass شان؛ منزلت luokka classe מַעֲמָד, שִׁכבָה सामाजिक श्रेणी stalež (társadalmi) osztály kelas sosial þjóðfélagsstaða, stétt ceto 階級 계층 klasė šķira; slānis kelas sosial klasse sosialgruppe/-klasse, stand warstwa, klasa classe clasă социальное положение trieda, vrstva plast klasa rang, klass, stånd ชนชั้น sınıf 階層 соціальне становище طبقہ tầng lớp xã hội 阶层

v

to have, or give, a place in a group, according to importance I would rank him among our greatest writers; Apes rank above dogs in intelligence. is beter يَحْتَلُّ مرتَبَةً класифицирам řadit (se) regne; rangere einreihen, gelten als κατατάσσω, κατατάσσομαι, ιεραρχώ clasificar(se) liigitama, paiknema برتری داشتن laskea kuuluvaksi (se) classer לְדָרֵג किसी विशेष श्रेणी में आना svrstati ... közé sorolják menggolongkan telja, meta classificare, collocare 位置づける 지위를 차지하다; 분류하다, 평가하다 statyti greta, užimti padėtį, vertinti ierindot; ierindoties mengklasifikasikan plaatsen, zich bevinden stille, regne, rangere zaliczyć (się), stać classificar(-se) a (se) situa; a (se) clasa классифицировать radiť (sa) uvrstiti (se) svrstati räkna, placera จัดตำแหน่ง saymak, dahil etmek 列為(列入) класифікувати, давати певну оцінку درجہ بندی کرنا xếp hạng 列为（列入）

the rank and file

1 ordinary people. gewone mense النّاس العاديّون обикновени хора lid menigmand die breite Masse κοινοί θνητοί la plebe, la gente común lihtrahvas مردم عادی kadunmiehet le peuple אֲנָשִׁים פְּשוּטִים आमजन obični ljudi a köznép orang kebanyakan óbreyttir, venjulegt fólk popolo 一般大衆 일반 대중 eiliniai žmonės vienkāršie cilvēki orang biasa het gewone volk vanlige folk, menigmann zwykli ludzie/członkowie plebe oamenii obişnuiţi обыкновенные люди ľud ljudstvo članstvo gemene man คนทั่วไปที่ไม่มีตำแหน่ง sıradan insanlar 普通人 пересічні люди عام لوگ dân thường 普通人

2 ordinary soldiers, not officers. gewone soldate جُنود عاديون обикновени войници řadový voják menige der Mannschaftsstand απλοί στρατιώτες soldados rasos reamehed سربازان rivimiehet les hommes de troupe חַייָלִים פְּשוטִים सामान्य सैनिक obični vojnici közkatonák prajurit óbreyttir hermenn (militari di truppa) 兵卒 병졸들, 병사들 eiliniai ierindnieki askar biasa manschappen de menige szeregowi soldados rasos soldaţii de rând рядовые radový vojak navadni vojaki obični vojnici manskapet พลทหาร erat 普通兵 рядовий і сержантський склад армії معمولی سپاہی lính quèn 普通兵