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Definition of 'rank'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) rank
a social or official position or standing, as in the armed forces:
the rank of captain.

2.  rank
high position or station:
a person of rank.

3.  rank
relative position or standing:
a writer of the first rank.

4.  rank
a row or series of things or persons.

5.  rank
a number of persons forming a separate class, as in a social hierarchy.

6.  rank
ranks,

7.  rank
the members of an armed service apart from its officers; enlisted personnel.

8.  rank
military enlisted personnel as a group.

9.  rank
Usu., ranks. the general body of any organization apart from the officers or leaders.

10.  rank
orderly arrangement; array.

11.  rank
a line of persons, esp. soldiers, standing abreast in close-order formation

12.  rank
one of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard.

13.  rank
a set of organ pipes of the same kind and tonal color.

14.  rank
Mining. the classification of coal according to hardness, from lignite to anthracite.

15. (v.t.) rank
to arrange in ranks or in regular formation.

16.  rank
to assign to a particular position, class, etc.:
to be ranked among the experts.

17.  rank
to outrank.

18. (v.i.) rank
to form a rank or ranks.

19.  rank
to take up or occupy a place in a particular rank, class, etc.:
to rank first in her class.

20.  rank
to have rank or standing.

21.  rank
to be the senior in rank.

22.  rank
to leave an assigned position in a military formation.

23.  rank
to withdraw support from one's colleagues, political party, or the like.

24. (,) rank
growing with excessive luxuriance; vigorous and tall of growth.

25.  rank
having an offensive smell or taste:
a rank cigar.

26.  rank
utter; absolute:
a rank amateur.

27.  rank
highly offensive to one's moral sense; disgusting.

28.  rank
grossly coarse or vulgar:
rank language.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME; OE ranc bold, proud; c. ON rakkr straight, bold)

Definition of 'rank'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) rank
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
"the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"

2. (noun) rank
relative status
"his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"

3. (noun) rank and file, 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"

4. (noun) social station, social status, social rank, rank
position in a social hierarchy
"the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"

5. (adj) membership, 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"

6. (adj) rank
very fertile; producing profuse growth
"rank earth"

7. (adj) rank
very offensive in smell or taste
"a rank cigar"

8. (adj) crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, 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"

9. (adj) absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
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"

10. (verb) rank
growing profusely
"rank jungle vegetation"

11. (verb) rank
take or have a position relative to others
"This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"

12. (verb) rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
assign a rank or rating to
"how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"

13. (verb) rank, outrank
take precedence or surpass others in rank

Definition of 'rank'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) rank
sb's position or level in relation to others in the same group
the rank of sergeant

2.  rank
ranks
a group of people with similar goals or characteristics
an author who has joined the ranks of the great science fiction writers

3.  rank
break ranks
to state you do not agree with the group you are part of
a military chief who broke ranks to criticize the war

4.  rank
close ranks
(of a group) to protect group members against people from outside the group
The party closed ranks and attacked the opposition.

5. (verb) rank
to be or put in a particular position or level in relation to others
I ranked the movie 10 out of 15.; He's ranked amongst the country's top 20 tennis players.; a restaurant that ranks high/low in my opinion

Definition of 'rank'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adverb) rank
rankly; stoutly; violently

2.  rank
luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds

3.  rank
raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy

4.  rank
causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land

5.  rank
strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue

6.  rank
strong to the taste

7.  rank
inflamed with venereal appetite

8.  rank
a row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers

9.  rank
a line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a)

10.  rank
grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral

11.  rank
an aggregate of individuals classed together; a permanent social class; an order; a division; as, ranks and orders of men; the highest and the lowest ranks of men, or of other intelligent beings

12.  rank
degree of dignity, eminence, or excellence; position in civil or social life; station; degree; grade; as, a writer of the first rank; a lawyer of high rank

13.  rank
elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank

14. (verb) rank
to place abreast, or in a line

15. (verb) rank
to range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify

16. (verb) rank
to take rank of; to outrank

17. (verb) rank
to be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division

18. (verb) rank
to have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation

Translation of 'rank'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a line or row (especially of soldiers or taxis) The officer ordered the front rank to fire.
Afrikaans: ry, linie	Arabic: صَف جُنود أو تاكسيّات	Bulgarian: ред
Brazilian: fila	Czech: řada, šik	German: die Reihe
Danish: række; -række	Greek: σειρά, ζυγός	Spanish: fila, hilera
Estonian: rivi	Farsi: ردیف؛ خط	Finnish: rivi
French: rang(ée), file	Hebrew: שוּרָה	Hindi: कतार
Croatian: red, niz	Hungarian: sor	Indonesian: barisan
Icelandic: röð	Italian: fila, schiera	Japanese: 列
Korean: 줄, 열	Lithuanian: linija, greta	Latvian: ierinda; rinda
Malay: barisan	Dutch: gelid, standplaats	Norwegian: linje, rekke
Polish: linia, rząd	Persian: ردیف؛ خط	Pashto: ليكه، قطار، صف، ترتيب، سر
Portuguese: fila	Romanian: linie, rând	Russian: ряд; шеренга
Slovak: rada	Slovenian: vrsta	Serbian: stroj
Swedish: led, rad	Thai: แถว	Turkish: sıra, dizi, saf
Taiwanese: 排	Ukrainian: шеренга; стоянка таксі	Urdu: قطار
Vietnamese: hàng	Chinese: 排
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