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noun
- 1. a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces: "an army officer of fairly high rank"
- 2. a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast: "they were drawn up outside their barracks in long ranks"
verb
- 1. give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system: "she is ranked number four in the world"
- 2. arrange in a rank or ranks: "the tents were ranked in orderly rows"
The meaning of RANK is relative standing or position. How to use rank in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Rank.
Synonyms for RANK: be, place, rate, stand, grade, seed, count, class; Antonyms of RANK: lump, mix (up), confuse, scramble, jumble, disarrange, misclassify, mistype.
a position in an organization such as the government, army, etc. that shows the importance of someone's job compared to other positions: high/low/middle rank The committee usually consists of people of a higher rank than the person being interviewed. a management / executive rank. the top / highest rank.
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.
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.
If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale or if you rank them high or low, you are saying how good or important you think they are.
Definition of rank noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
