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   rank

   /raŋk/

   noun

   • 1. a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces: "an army officer of high rank"
   • ▪ a position within the hierarchy of an organization or society: "only two cabinet members had held ministerial rank before" Similar positiongradelevelechelongradationpoint on the scalerung on the ladderclassstratumstatusstationstanding
   • ▪ high social position: "persons of rank and breeding" Similar high standingnobilityaristocracyblue bloodhigh birtheminencedistinctionprestigeprominenceinfluenceimportanceconsequencepower
   • ▪ a number specifying position in a numerically ordered series.
   • ▪ (in systemic grammar) the level of a linguistic unit or set of linguistic units in relation to other sets in the hierarchy.
   • 2. a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast: "they were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks" Similar rowlinefilecolumnseriessuccessionstringtrainprocessionqueue
   • ▪ a regular row or line of things or people: "conifer plantations growing in serried ranks"
   • ▪ each of the eight rows of eight squares running from side to side across a chessboard.
   • ▪ short for taxi rank British
   • 3. the people belonging to or constituting a group or class: "the ranks of Britain's unemployed"
   • ▪ (in the armed forces) those who are not commissioned officers: "he was fined and reduced to the ranks"
   • 4. the value or the order of the largest non-zero determinant of a given matrix.
   • ▪ an analogous quantity in other kinds of group.

   verb

   • 1. give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system: "students ranked the samples in order of preference" Similar classifyclasscategorizerategradetypeordersortbracketgrouppigeonholedesignatecodifycataloguefilelisttabulatetriage
   • ▪ have a specified rank or place within a grading system: "he now ranks third in America" Similar have a rankbe gradedbe placedbe positionedhave a statusbe classedbe classifiedbe categorizedbelong
   • ▪ take precedence over (someone) in respect of rank; outrank: US "the Secretary of State ranks all the other members of the cabinet"
   • 2. arrange in a row or rows: "the tents were ranked in orderly rows" Similar line upaligndraw upput/set in orderorderplacepositionarrangedisposeset outarrayrange

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘row of things’): from Old French ranc, of Germanic origin; related to ring1.

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • K

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     RANK meaning: 1. a position in an organization, such as the...

   • Znaczenie Rank, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     rank definicja: 1. a position in an organization, such as...

   • Rank: Ukrainian Translation

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   • Rank: German Translation

     RANK translate: der Rang, die Reihe, die Klasse, einreihen,...

   • Rank: Japanese Translation

     RANK translate: 地位, 階級, （全体の）～に位置する, ～にランク付けする, 順位（じゅんい）,...

   • Rank Spanish Translation

     RANK translate: rango, clasificar, clasificarse, figurar,...

   • Rank: Danish Translation

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   • Rank: Polish Translation

     RANK translate: ranga, stopień, zajmować jakąś pozycję , być...

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   noun. a number of persons forming a separate class in a social hierarchy or in any graded body. a social or official position or standing, as in the armed forces: the rank of captain. high position or station in the social or some similar scale: a woman of rank. Synonyms: dignity, eminence, distinction. a class in any scale of comparison.

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   The noun rank refers to a position within a hierarchy, and to rank something is to put it in order — for example, your high school might rank students in terms of their GPAs. You can also use rank to describe an especially foul smell, like the rank gym shoes in the back of your closet.

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   Jun 4, 2017 · Learn the meaning, pronunciation and grammar of the verb rank, which means to give or have a position on a scale according to quality, importance, etc. See examples, synonyms and related words for rank.