Definition of ranks Ranks
/ɹæˈŋks/ - [rangks] -
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Wiktionary 
- ranks (Noun)
Plural of rank.
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NounPlural: ranks |
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| rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" | ||
| status, position the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" | ||
| number one, first a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first | ||
| second a speech seconding a motion; "do I hear a second?" | ||
| third the musical interval between one note and another three notes away from it; "a simple harmony written in major thirds" | ||
| fourth the musical interval between one note and another four notes away from it | ||
| fifth the musical interval between one note and another five notes away from it | ||
| sixth the musical interval between one note and another six notes away from it | ||
| seventh the musical interval between one note and another seven notes away from it | ||
| eighth position eight in a countable series of things | ||
| ninth position nine in a countable series of things; "going into the ninth they were a run ahead" | ||
| tenth position ten in a countable series of things | ||
| eleventh position 11 in a countable series of things | ||
| twelfth position 12 in a countable series of things | ||
| thirteenth position 13 in a countable series of things | ||
| fourteenth position 14 in a countable series of things | ||
| fifteenth position 15 in a countable series of things | ||
| sixteenth position 16 in a countable series of things | ||
| seventeenth position 17 in a countable series of things | ||
| eighteenth position 18 in a countable series of things | ||
| nineteenth position 19 in a countable series of things | ||
| twentieth position 20 in a countable series of things | ||
| thirtieth position 30 in a countable series of things | ||
| fortieth position 40 in a countable series of things | ||
| fiftieth position 50 in a countable series of things | ||
| sixtieth position 60 in a countable series of things | ||
| seventieth position 70 in a countable series of things | ||
| eightieth position 80 in a countable series of things | ||
| ninetieth position 90 in a countable series of things | ||
| hundredth | ||
| thousandth position 1,000 in a countable series of things | ||
| millionth position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things | ||
| billionth position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things | ||
| last a person's dying act; the final thing a person can do; "he breathed his last" | ||
| tier, level, grade one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake" | ||
| gradation, step the act of arranging in grades | ||
| second class not the highest quality in a classification | ||
| military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating rank in a military organization | ||
| archidiaconate office or position of an archdeacon | ||
| baronetcy, barony the title of a baron | ||
| dukedom the dignity or rank or position of a duke | ||
| earldom the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess | ||
| kingship the dignity or rank or position of a king | ||
| princedom the dignity or rank or position of a prince | ||
| rank - a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" | ||
| line acting in conformity; "in line with"; "he got out of line"; "toe the line" | ||
| 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" | ||
| membership | ||
| body the external structure of a vehicle; "the body of the car was badly rusted" | ||
| organisation, organization the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" | ||
| rank - position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are" | ||
| social station, social status, social rank | ||
| status, position the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life" | ||
| station, place a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose; "he started looking for a gas station"; "the train pulled into the station" | ||
| 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" | ||
| rank and file | ||
| personnel, force physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man" | ||
| armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" | ||
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| rank - take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" | ||
| be spend or use time; "I may be an hour" | ||
| come in, come out, place come into fashion; become fashionable | ||
| come come to pass; arrive, as in due course; "The first success came three days later"; "It came as a shock"; "Dawn comes early in June" | ||
| rank - take precedence or surpass others in rank | ||
| outrank | ||
| excel, stand out, surpass distinguish oneself; "She excelled in math" | ||
| rank - assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" | ||
| rate, range, order, grade, place | ||
| pass judgment, evaluate, judge form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people" | ||
| superordinate place in a superior order or rank; "These two notions are superordinated to a third" | ||
| shortlist put someone or something on a short list | ||
| seed remove the seeds from; "seed grapes" | ||
| reorder assign a new order to | ||
| subordinate make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler" | ||
| prioritise, prioritize assign a priority to; "we have too many things to do and must prioritize" | ||
| sequence arrange in a sequence | ||
| downgrade rate lower; lower in value or esteem | ||
| upgrade to improve what was old or outdated; "I've upgraded my computer so I can run better software"; "The company upgraded their personnel" | ||
Adjectiverank, ranker, rankest |
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| rank - growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation" | ||
| abundant present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water" | ||
| rank - very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth" | ||
| fertile capable of reproducing | ||
| rank - very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar" | ||
| offensive unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses; "offensive odors" | ||
| rank - 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" | ||
| absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer | ||
| complete having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" | ||
| 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" | ||
| crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross | ||
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Wiktionary
- rank (Noun)
A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is " file". - rank (Noun)
One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard the corresponding term for a vertical line is " file". - rank (Noun)
In a pipe organ , a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. - rank (Noun)
One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality. - rank (Noun)
The level of one's position in a class-based society. - rank (Noun)
A level in an organization such as the military. - rank (Noun)
A level in a scientific taxonomy system. - rank (Noun)
Maximal number of linearly independent columns or rows of a matrix or determinant. - rank (Verb)
To give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank. - rank (Adverb)
Quickly, eagerly, impetuously. - rank (Adjective)
Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong. - rank (Adjective)
Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter. - rank (Adjective)
Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. - rank (Adjective)
Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. - rank (Adjective)
Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile. - rank (Adjective)
Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome. - rank (Adjective)
Having a very strong and bad taste or odor. - rank (Adjective)
Gross, disgusting. - rank (Adjective)
Complete, used as an intensifier usually negative, referring to incompetence.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- rank (superl.)
Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds. - rank (superl.)
Raised to a high degree; violent; extreme; gross; utter; as, rank heresy. - rank (superl.)
Causing vigorous growth; producing luxuriantly; very rich and fertile; as, rank land. - rank (superl.)
Strong-scented; rancid; musty; as, oil of a rank smell; rank-smelling rue. - rank (superl.)
Strong to the taste. - rank (superl.)
Inflamed with venereal appetite. - rank (adv.)
Rankly; stoutly; violently. - rank (n. & v.)
A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers. - rank (n. & v.)
A line of soldiers ranged side by side; -- opposed to file. See 1st File, 1 (a). - rank (n. & v.)
Grade of official standing, as in the army, navy, or nobility; as, the rank of general; the rank of admiral. - rank (n. & v.)
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. - rank (n. & v.)
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. - rank (n. & v.)
Elevated grade or standing; high degree; high social position; distinction; eminence; as, a man of rank. - rank (v. t.)
To place abreast, or in a line. - rank (v. t.)
To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify. - rank (v. t.)
To take rank of; to outrank. - rank (v. i.)
To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division. - rank (v. i.)
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.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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rank
Position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality -
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To (cause to) be assigned to a particular position, class, standing, etc.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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rangk, n. a row or line, esp. of soldiers standing side by side: class or order: grade or degree: station: high social position or standing.—v.t. to place in a line: to range in a particular class: to place methodically: to take rank over.—v.i. to be placed in a rank or class: to have a certain degree of distinction: to be admitted as a claim against the property of a bankrupt.—n. Rank′er, one who arranges or disposes in ranks: an officer who has risen from the ranks.—Rank and file, the whole body of common soldiers.—Take rank of, to have the right to take a higher place than; Take rank with, to take the same rank as; The ranks, the order of common soldiers. [O. Fr. renc (Fr. rang)—Old High Ger. hring or hrinc, Eng. ring.] -
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rangk, adj. growing high and luxuriantly: coarse from excessive growth: raised to a high degree: excessive: very fertile: strong-scented: strong-tasted: rancid: utter, as rank nonsense: coarse: indecent: (Shak.) ruttish: (slang) eager: (law) excessive: (mech.) cutting deeply.—adv. (Spens.) rankly, fiercely.—v.i. Rank′le, to be inflamed: to fester: to be a source of disquietude or excitement: to rage.—v.t. to irritate.—adv. Rank′ly, offensively: to an inordinate degree.—n. Rank′ness, exuberant growth: (Shak.) insolence.—adjs. Rank′-rī′ding, hard-riding; Rank′-scent′ed (Shak.), strong-scented: rancid. [A.S. ranc, fruitful, rank; Ice. rakkr, bold, Dan. rank, lank, slender.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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Degree of dignity; officers of the navy rank with those of the army according to the following table:-- 1. The Admirals of the Fleet rank with Field-marshals. 2. Admirals " Generals. 3. Vice-admirals " Lieutenant-generals. 4. Rear-admirals " Major-generals. 5. Captains of the Fleet } 6. Commodores } " Brigadier-generals. 7. Captains of 3 years " Colonels. 8. Captains under 3 years " Lieutenant-colonels. 9. Commanders next to Do. 10. Lieutenants, 8 years rank with Majors. 11. Lieutenants, under 8 years " Captains. 12. Sub-lieutenants " Lieutenants. 13. Midshipmen " Ensigns.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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Range of subordination, degree of authority. The relative situations which officers hold with respect to each other, or to military things in general. Questions as to the positive or relative rank of officers may often be of the greatest importance at law, in consequence of the rule, that every person who justifies his own acts on the ground of obedience to superior authority must establish, by clear evidence, the sufficiency of the authority on which he so relies. There may also be many occasions on which the propriety of an officer’s assumption of command, or his exercise of particular functions, or his right to share with a particular class of officers in prize-money, bounties, grants, and other allowances, may depend on the correctness of the view taken by himself or others of his rights to a specific rank or command; and an error in this respect may expose him to personal loss and damage in suits before the civil tribunals. The regulation of military rank is vested absolutely in Congress, which confers or varies it at pleasure. The will of Congress in this respect is signified by the creation of different grades of rank; by making rules of appointment and promotion; by other rules of government and regulation; or is by fair deduction to be inferred from the nature of the functions assigned to each officer; for every man who is intrusted with an employment is presumed to be invested with all the powers necessary for the effective discharge of the duties annexed to his office. Rank and grade are synonymous, and in their military acceptation indicate rights, powers, and duties, determined by laws, creating the different degrees of rank, and specifying fixed forms for passing from grade to grade and when rank in one body shall give command in another body; and also when rank in the army at large shall not be exercised. Rank is a right of which an officer cannot be deprived, except through forms prescribed by law. When an officer is on duty, the rank itself indicates his relative position to other officers of the body in which it is created. It is not, however, a perpetual right to exercise command, because the President may, under the 62d article of war, at any time relieve an officer from duty; or an officer may be so relieved by arrest duly made according to law; or by inability to perform duty from sickness, or by being placed by competent authority on some other duty. But whenever an officer is on duty his rank indicates his command. -
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A line of soldiers; a row of troops reckoned from side to side, or in breadth;--opposed to file. The ranks, the order of common soldiers; as, to reduce a non-commissioned officer to the ranks. To fill the ranks, to supply the whole number, or a competent number. To take rank of, to enjoy precedence over, or to have the right of taking a higher place than.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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Stinking, rammish, ill-flavoured; also strong, great. A rank knave; a rank coward: perhaps the latter may allude to an ill savour caused by fear.
