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  • Definition
    • rank :a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
      • the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen

    • rank :take or have a position relative to others
      • This painting ranks among the best in the Western World

    • rank :very fertile; producing profuse growth
      • rank earth

    • rank :relative status
      • his salary was determined by his rank and seniority

    • rank :assign a rank or rating to
      • how would you rank these students?|The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide

    • rank :very offensive in smell or taste
      • a rank cigar

    • rank :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

    • rank :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

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