rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
noun
| Meaning 1 | a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another |
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| Usage | the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
noun
| Meaning 2 | relative status |
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| Usage | his salary was determined by his rank and seniority |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
noun
| Meaning 3 | the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) |
| Synonym | rank and file |
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| Usage | the strike was supported by the union rank and file he rose from the ranks to become a colonel |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
noun
| Meaning 4 | position in a social hierarchy |
| Synonym | position in a social hierarchy |
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| Usage | the British are more aware of social status than Americans are |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
noun
| Meaning 5 | the body of members of an organization or group |
| Synonym | membership |
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| Usage | they polled their membership they found dissension in their own ranks he joined the ranks of the unemployed |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
verb
| Meaning 1 | take or have a position relative to others |
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| Usage | This painting ranks among the best in the Western World |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
verb
| Meaning 2 | assign a rank or rating to |
| Synonym | rate, rank, range, order, grade, place |
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| Usage | how would you rank these students? The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
verb
| Meaning 3 | take precedence or surpass others in rank |
| Synonym | outrank |
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rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
adjective
| Meaning 1 | very fertile; producing profuse growth |
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| Usage | rank earth |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
adjective
| Meaning 2 | very offensive in smell or taste |
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| Usage | a rank cigar |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
adjective
| Meaning 3 | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible |
| Synonym | crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross |
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| Usage | a crying shame an egregious lie flagrant violation of human rights a glaring error gross ineptitude gross injustice rank treachery |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
adjective
| Meaning 4 | complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers |
| Synonym | absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a) |
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| Usage | 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 |
rank definition rank meaning and rank synonyms
adjective
| Meaning 5 | growing profusely |
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| Usage | rank jungle vegetation |
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