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- [rangk]
- /ræŋk/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [rangk]
- /ræŋk/
Definitions of rank word
- noun rank Otto [awt-oh] /ˈɔt oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1939, Austrian psychoanalyst. 1
- verb with object rank to arrange in ranks or in regular formation: The men were ranked according to height. He ranked the chess pieces on the board. 1
- verb with object rank to assign to a particular position, station, class, etc.: She was ranked among the most admired citizens. 1
- verb with object rank to outrank: The colonel ranks all other officers in the squadron. 1
- verb with object rank Slang. to insult; criticize. 1
- verb without object rank to form a rank or ranks. 1
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Origin of rank
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; < French ranc (noun, obsolete), Old French renc, ranc, rang row, line < Germanic, akin to ring1
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Parts of speech for Rank
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adjective
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pronoun
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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
rank popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
rank usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for rank
noun rank
- acceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- aeon — An aeon is an extremely long period of time.
- anteposition — the position opposite a given part of a plant
- arrangement — Arrangements are plans and preparations which you make so that something will happen or be possible.
- baccalaureate — The baccalaureate is an examination taken by students at the age of eighteen in France and some other countries.
verb rank
- accounted — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- antecede — to go before, as in time, order, etc; precede
- anteceding — to go before, in time, order, rank, etc.; precede: Shakespeare antecedes Milton.
- arrange — If you arrange an event or meeting, you make plans for it to happen.
- assort — to arrange or distribute into groups of the same type; classify
adj rank
- arrestive — tending to arrest
- carious — (of teeth or bone) affected with caries; decayed
- childing — bearing a child; pregnant
- choate — Rufus1799-1859; U.S. lawyer
- conspicuous — If someone or something is conspicuous, people can see or notice them very easily.
adjective rank
- addled — If you describe someone as addled, you mean that they are confused or unable to think properly.
- curdled — Containing curds.
- decomposing — Present participle of decompose.
- egregious — Outstandingly bad; shocking.
- faecal — feces.
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