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Adjective
- complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- got the job through sheer persistence
- conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- flagrant violation of human rights
- very offensive in smell or taste
- very fertile; producing profuse growth
Noun
- 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
- position in a social hierarchy
- the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
- 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
- relative status
- his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
- a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
Verb
- take precedence or surpass others in rank
- assign a rank or rating to
- how would you rank these students?
- The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
- take or have a position relative to others
- This painting ranks among the best in the Western World