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rank
(r/&//N/k )

adjective (a)

  • Luxuriant in growth; of vigorous growth; exuberant; grown to immoderate height; as, rank grass; rank weeds.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another(noun.group)
    Example:
    The entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen.
    source: wordnet30
  • relative status(noun.state)
    Example:
    His salary was determined by his rank and seniority.
    source: wordnet30
  • the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)(noun.group)
    Example:
    The strike was supported by the union rank and file.
    He rose from the ranks to become a colonel.
    Synonym:
    rank and file
    source: wordnet30
  • position in a social hierarchy(noun.state)
    Synonym:
    social rank, social station, social status
    source: wordnet30
  • the body of members of an organization or group(noun.group)
    Example:
    They found dissension in their own ranks.
    He joined the ranks of the unemployed.
    Synonym:
    membership
    source: wordnet30
  • A row or line; a range; an order; a tier; as, a rank of osiers.(noun)
    source: webster1913

adverb (r)

  • Rankly; stoutly; violently.(adverb)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • very fertile; producing profuse growth(adj.all)
    Example:
    Rank earth.
    source: wordnet30
  • very offensive in smell or taste(adj.all)
    Example:
    A rank cigar.
    source: wordnet30
  • conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible(adj.all)
    Example:
    Rank treachery.
    Synonym:
    crying, egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross
    source: wordnet30
  • complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers(adj.all)
    Example:
    A rank outsider.
    Synonym:
    absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer
    source: wordnet30
  • growing profusely(adj.all)
    Example:
    Rank jungle vegetation.
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • take or have a position relative to others(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    This painting ranks among the best in the Western World.
    source: wordnet30
  • assign a rank or rating to(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    How would you rank these students?.
    Synonym:
    grade, order, place, range, rate
    source: wordnet30
  • take precedence or surpass others in rank(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    outrank
    source: wordnet30
  • To place abreast, or in a line.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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