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rank
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[ noun ] a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
Examples "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen" Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)They ate the cafeteria food with its orange sauces and Scotty gazed without interest at his food , the teachers , the heroic baronial windows , and the bright ranks of college banners . (Howard Fast, April Morning....)In the very front rank , two men were wounded and staggered along , trailing blood behind them . Rank after rank of them came_down the road , and the faces were all the same , and they walked in a sea of dust . Rank after rank of them came_down the road , and the faces were all the same , and they walked in a sea of dust . a voice called , and what made it even more terrible and unreal was that the redcoat ranks never paused for an instant , only some of them glancing toward the stone_wall , from behind which the voice came . |
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[ noun ] relative status
Examples "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Not_only should every educator above the rank of instructor be expected to be a member of one of the professional organizations , but his first qualification for membership as an educator should be so sharply scrutinized that membership would be equivalent_to certification to teach the subject . Related terms status grade first third gradation last twentieth fourth ninth sixteenth eighteenth eighth thirtieth eleventh fiftieth seventeenth second_class nineteenth dukedom kingship tenth fifth second seventieth sixtieth eightieth ninetieth thirteenth twelfth hundredth thousandth fourteenth millionth billionth fifteenth military_rank archidiaconate baronetcy seventh earldom sixth princedom viscountcy fortieth rate |
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[ noun ] (military) the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
Synonyms Examples "the strike was supported by the union rank and file" "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel" Used in print (Bell I. Wiley, "Home Letters of Johnny Reb and Billy...)Charles_Thiot , a splendid Georgia soldier , differed from most_of his comrades in the ranks in that he was the owner of a large plantation , well-educated , and nearly fifty years of_age . A Massachusetts soldier , who seems to have been a Civil_War version of Bill_Mauldin , wrote : `` The officers consider themselves as made of a different material from the low fellows in the ranks . (Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)All orders originate with the officer of highest rank and terminate with action of the men in the ranks . Related terms |
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[ noun ] position in a social hierarchy
Synonyms Examples "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)We unanimously agreed that Prokofieff had won his rights as a world citizen to the first ranks of Twentieth Century Composers . (Breni James, Nights of the Kill....)But stupidity was no consolation when it had rank . |
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[ verb ] take or have a position relative to others
Examples "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)A Texas halfback who does n't even know the team 's plays , Eldon_Moritz , ranks fourth in Southwest_Conference scoring after three games . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)Fosterite bishops , after secret conclave , announced the Church 's second Major_Miracle : Supreme_Bishop_Digby had been translated bodily to Heaven and spot-promoted to Archangel , ranking with-but-after Archangel_Foster . |
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[ noun ] the body of members of an organization or group
Synonyms Examples "they polled their membership" "they found dissension in their own ranks" "he joined the ranks of the unemployed" Related terms |
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[ verb ] assign a rank or rating to
Examples "how would you rank these students?" "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide" Used in print (U.S. News and World Report,...)As a result of the new outlook for turnpikes , investors who bought toll-road bonds when these securities ranked as outright speculations are now finding new hope for their investments . |
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[ adjective ] very fertile; producing profuse growth
Examples "rank earth" Used in print (Bruce Palmer, "My Brother's Keeper", Many Are...)The place smelled strongly of rank , fertile earth , rotting wood and urine . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Synonyms Examples "absolute freedom" "a downright lie" "out-and-out mayhem" "a rank outsider" "many right-down vices" "sheer stupidity" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
Synonyms 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 jo Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 10855
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