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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old English ranc
Adjective
rank (comparative ranker or more rank, superlative rankest or most rank)
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Positive rank |
Comparative ranker or more rank |
Superlative rankest or most rank |
- Having a very strong and bad odor.
- (informal) Gross, disgusting.
- Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative).
- I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.
Translations
Having a very strong and bad odor
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Etymology 2
Middle English rank "line, row" from Old French reng, rang, ranc "line, row, rank" (Modern French rang), of Germanic origin, from Frankish hring "ring" from Proto-Germanic *hrengaz (“‘something bent or curved’”) from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“‘to bend, turn’”). Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg "ring", Old Norse hringr "ring, circle, queue, sword; ship". More at ring
Noun
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Singular rank |
Plural ranks |
rank (plural ranks)
- position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
- Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
- a level in an organization such as the military
- Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.
- (taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
- Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
- (usually plural) The lines or rows of people in an organization
- He rose up through the ranks of the company from mailroom clerk to CEO.
- One of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard
- (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
- (computing) The dimensionality of an array.
Derived terms
Translations
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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- German: Platz m.
Etymology 3
From the noun rank
Verb
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Infinitive to rank |
Third person singular ranks |
Simple past ranked |
Past participle ranked |
Present participle ranking |
to rank (third-person singular simple present ranks, present participle ranking, simple past and past participle ranked)
- to give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank
- Their defense ranked third in the league.
Translations
to give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank
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