rank

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: ræŋk
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  Rhymes: -æŋk

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old English ranc

[edit] Adjective

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

1. Having a very strong and bad odor.
2. Something which is disgusting.
3. Complete, used as an intensifier.

   I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From Old French

[edit] Noun

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

• break rank
• pull rank

[edit] Translations

• German: Platz m.

[edit] Etymology 3

From the noun rank

[edit] Verb

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 is ranked third in the league

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