rank

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English ranc

[edit] Adjective

rank (comparative ranker or more rank, superlative rankest or most rank)

Positive
rank

Comparative
ranker or more rank

Superlative
rankest or most rank
  1. Having a very strong and bad odor.
  2. (informal) Gross, disgusting.
  3. Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative).
    I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.
[edit] Translations
Having a very strong and bad odor
Highly offensive; disgusting

[edit] 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

[edit] Noun

Singular
rank

Plural
ranks

rank (plural ranks)

  1. 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.
  2. a level in an organization such as the military
    Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.
  3. (taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
    Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
  4. (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.
  5. One of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard
  6. (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
  7. (computing) The dimensionality of an array.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] 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
a level in an organization such as the military
The lines or rows of people in an organization
One of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard
In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal
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[edit] Etymology 3

From the noun rank

[edit] Verb

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)

  1. to give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank
    Their defense ranked third in the league.
[edit] Translations
to give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank

[edit] Anagrams

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