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rank
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 (r  ngk)
KEY
NOUN:
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- A relative position in a society.
- An official position or grade:
the rank of sergeant.
- A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
- High or eminent station or position:
persons of rank.
- A row, line, series, or range.
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- A line of soldiers, vehicles, or equipment standing side by side in close order.
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ranks
The armed forces.
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ranks
Personnel, especially enlisted military personnel.
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ranks
A body of people classed together; numbers:
joined the ranks of the unemployed.
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Games
Any of the rows of squares running crosswise to the files on a playing board in chess or checkers.
VERB:
ranked
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rank·ing
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ranks
VERB:
tr.
- To place in a row or rows.
- To give a particular order or position to; classify.
- To outrank or take precedence over.
VERB:
intr.
- To hold a particular rank:
ranked first in the class.
- To form or stand in a row or rows.
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Slang
- To complain.
- To engage in carping criticism. Often used with on:
Stop ranking on me all the time.
IDIOM:
pull rank
- To use one's superior rank to gain an advantage.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, line, row, from Old French ranc, renc, of Germanic origin; see sker-
2 in Indo-European roots
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