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Rank

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Definitions for Rank

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

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