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rank
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Adjective
  • growing profusely
    • rank jungle vegetation
  • complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
    • absolute freedom
    • an absolute dimwit
    • a downright lie
    • out-and-out mayhem
    • an out-and-out lie
    • a rank outsider
    • many right-down vices
    • got the job through sheer persistence
    • sheer stupidity
  • conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
    • a crying shame
    • an egregious lie
    • flagrant violation of human rights
    • a glaring error
    • gross ineptitude
    • gross injustice
    • rank treachery
  • very offensive in smell or taste
    • a rank cigar
  • very fertile; producing profuse growth
    • rank earth
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
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