Rank - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ræŋk|  American pronunciation of the word rank
Brit.  |ræŋk|  British pronunciation of the word rank

noun

- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
- relative status
his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
- 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
- position in a social hierarchy
- the body of members of an organization or group (syn: membership)
they found dissension in their own ranks
he joined the ranks of the unemployed

verb

- take or have a position relative to others
This painting ranks among the best in the Western World
- assign a rank or rating to (syn: grade, order, place, range, rate)
how would you rank these students?
- take precedence or surpass others in rank (syn: outrank)

adjective

- very fertile; producing profuse growth
rank earth
- very offensive in smell or taste
a rank cigar
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible (syn: crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross)
rank treachery
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers (syn: absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer)
a rank outsider
- growing profusely
rank jungle vegetation

Extra examples

You can't expect a rank beginner like her to know all the rules of the game.

...covered with trumpet vines so rank you couldn't see the trellis beneath them...

She's not concerned about rank or wealth.

He rose to the rank of partner in the law firm.

He longed to join the upper social ranks.

He moved up through the ranks to become vice president of the company.

The organization's ranks have doubled in the past two years.

The flu swept through the ranks, infecting almost every soldier.

Several men were selected from the ranks.

A magazine recently ranked the school as one of the best in the country.

The city currently ranks as the world's largest.

Students who rank in the top third of their class have a better chance of being accepted to the college of their choice.

Take the taxi at the head of the rank.

We rank you as our best candidate.

She ranks as the finest teacher we have.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: rank
he/she/it: ranks
present participle: ranking
past tense: ranked
past participle: ranked
noun
singular: rank
plural: ranks
adjective
comparative: ranker
superlative: rankest
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