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rank noun
Meaning : A row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another.
Example :
The entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen.
Meaning : Relative status.
Example :
His salary was determined by his rank and seniority.
Meaning : The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army).
Example :
The strike was supported by the union rank and file.
He rose from the ranks to become a colonel.
Synonyms : rank and file
Meaning : Position in a social hierarchy.
Example :
The British are more aware of social status than Americans are.
Synonyms : social rank, social station, social status
Meaning : The body of members of an organization or group.
Example :
They polled their membership.
They found dissension in their own ranks.
He joined the ranks of the unemployed.
Synonyms : membership
rank verb
Meaning : Take or have a position relative to others.
Example :
This painting ranks among the best in the Western World.
Meaning : Take precedence or surpass others in rank.
Synonyms : outrank
rank adjective
Meaning : Very fertile. Producing profuse growth.
Example :
Rank earth.
Meaning : Very offensive in smell or taste.
Example :
A rank cigar.
Meaning : Complete and without restriction or qualification. Sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
Example :
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.
Synonyms : absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer
Meaning : Growing profusely.
Example :
Rank jungle vegetation.
