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say it: rangk
rank is a noun, adjective and verb meaning "a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another". It carries 13 recorded senses.
a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
“the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen”
the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
“the strike was supported by the union rank and file”
“he rose from the ranks to become a colonel”
military
position in a social hierarchy
“the British are more aware of social status than Americans are”
the body of members of an organization or group
“they polled their membership”
“they found dissension in their own ranks”
“he joined the ranks of the unemployed”
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
“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”
assign a rank or rating to
“how would you rank these students?”
“The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for rank come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.