» rank
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Noun (5 meanings)
1. a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another.
Example:
- “the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen”
2. relative status.
Example:
- “his salary was determined by his rank and seniority”
rank is a type of:
- status, position (noun) - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
types of rank:
- archidiaconate (noun) - office or position of an archdeacon
- baronetcy, barony (noun) - the rank or dignity or position of a baronet or baroness
- billionth (noun) - position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things
- dukedom (noun) - the dignity or rank or position of a duke
- earldom (noun) - the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess
- eighteenth (noun) - position 18 in a countable series of things
- eighth (noun) - position eight in a countable series of things
- eightieth (noun) - position 80 in a countable series of things
- eleventh (noun) - position 11 in a countable series of things
- fifteenth (noun) - position 15 in a countable series of things
- fifth (noun) - position five in a countable series of things
- fiftieth (noun) - position 50 in a countable series of things
- first, number one (noun) - the first or highest in an ordering or series
- fortieth (noun) - position 40 in a countable series of things
- fourteenth (noun) - position 14 in a countable series of things
- fourth (noun) - following the third position
- gradation, step (noun) - relative position in a graded series
- grade, level, tier (noun) - a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- hundredth (noun) - position 100 in a countable series of things
- kingship (noun) - the dignity or rank or position of a king
- last (noun) - the last or lowest in an ordering or series
- military rank, military rating, paygrade, rating (noun) - rank in a military organization
- millionth (noun) - position 1,000,000 in a countable series of things
- nineteenth (noun) - position 19 in a countable series of things
- ninetieth (noun) - position 90 in a countable series of things
- ninth (noun) - position nine in a countable series of things
- princedom (noun) - the dignity or rank or position of a prince
- second (noun) - following the first in an ordering or series
- second class (noun) - not the highest rank in a classification
- seventeenth (noun) - position 17 in a countable series of things
- seventh (noun) - position seven in a countable series of things
- seventieth (noun) - position 70 in a countable series of things
- sixteenth (noun) - position 16 in a countable series of things
- sixth (noun) - position six in a countable series of things
- sixtieth (noun) - position 60 in a countable series of things
- tenth (noun) - position ten in a countable series of things
- third (noun) - following the second position in an ordering or series
- thirteenth (noun) - position 13 in a countable series of things
- thirtieth (noun) - position 30 in a countable series of things
- thousandth (noun) - position 1,000 in a countable series of things
- twelfth (noun) - position 12 in a countable series of things
- twentieth (noun) - position 20 in a countable series of things
- viscountcy, viscounty (noun) - the dignity or rank or position of a viscount or viscountess
rank is derivationally related to:
3. the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army).
Examples:
- “the strike was supported by the union rank and file”,
- “he rose from the ranks to become a colonel”
rank is a type of:
members of rank:
- enlisted man (noun) - a male enlisted person in the armed forces
Domain of synset - TOPIC:
- military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine (noun) - the military forces of a nation
4. position in a social hierarchy.
Example:
- “the British are more aware of social status than Americans are”
5. the body of members of an organization or group.
Examples:
- “they polled their membership”,
- “they found dissension in their own ranks”,
- “he joined the ranks of the unemployed”
rank is a type of:
- body (noun) - a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity
rank is a member of:
- organization, organisation (noun) - a group of people who work together
rank is derivationally related to:
- member, fellow member (noun) - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization)
- member (noun) - anything that belongs to a set or class
Verb (3 meanings)
1. take or have a position relative to others.
to rank
Example:
- “This painting ranks among the best in the Western World”
Examples:
- “how would you rank these students?”,
- “The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide”
to rank is a way to:
- to evaluate, pass judgment, judge (verb) -
ways to rank:
- to downgrade (verb) - rate lower
- to prioritize, prioritise (verb) - assign a priority to
- to reorder (verb) - assign a new order to
- to seed (verb) - distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
- to sequence (verb) - arrange in a sequence
- to shortlist (verb) - put someone or something on a short list
- to subordinate (verb) - rank or order as less important or consider of less value
- to superordinate (verb) - place in a superior order or rank
- to upgrade (verb) - rate higher
to rank is derivationally related to:
- gradation, graduation (noun) - the act of arranging in grades
- gradation, step (noun) - relative position in a graded series
- grade, level, tier (noun) - a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- grader (noun) - a judge who assigns grades to something
- mark, grade, score (noun) - a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- order, ordering (noun) - the act of putting things in a sequential arrangement
- order, order of magnitude (noun) - a degree in a continuum of size or quantity
- place, position (noun) - an item on a list or in a sequence
- rank (noun) - relative status
- scaling, grading (noun) - the act of arranging in a graduated series
Adjective (5 meanings)
1. very fertile; producing profuse growth.
Example:
- “rank earth”
Derivationally related form:
- richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility (noun) - the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth
rank is similar to:
- fertile (adjective) - capable of reproducing
2. very offensive in smell or taste.
Example:
- “a rank cigar”
Derivationally related form:
- malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness (noun) - the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
rank is similar to:
- offensive (adjective) - unpleasant or disgusting especially to the senses
3. conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible.
Examples:
- “a crying shame”,
- “an egregious lie”,
- “flagrant violation of human rights”,
- “a glaring error”,
- “gross ineptitude”,
- “gross injustice”,
- “rank treachery”
rank is similar to:
- conspicuous (adjective) - obvious to the eye or mind
4. complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
Examples:
- “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”
Derivationally related form:
- absoluteness (noun) - the quality of being absolute
rank is similar to:
- complete (adjective) - having every necessary or normal part or component or step