rank in English dictionary

  • rank

    Meanings and definitions of "rank"

    • (linear algebra) maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
    • (music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
    • (computing) The dimensionality of an array.
    • Having a very strong and bad odor.
    • (informal) Gross, disgusting.
    • Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
    • (obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
    • (taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
    • (usually plural) The lines or rows of people in an organization
    • adjective
      Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter.
    • adjective
      Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
    • adjective
      Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
    • adjective
      Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
    • adjective
      Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
    • adjective
      Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
    • adjective
      Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
    • adjective
      (informal)
      Gross, disgusting.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
    • adjective
      (obsolete)
      Inflamed with venereal appetite.
    • adverb
      (obsolete)
      Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
    • noun
      A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
    • noun
      (music)
      In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
    • noun
      One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
    • noun
      The level of one's position in a class-based society
    • noun
      a hierarchical level in an organization such as the military
    • noun
      (taxonomy)
      a level in a scientific taxonomy system
    • noun
      (linear algebra)
      Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
    • noun
      The dimensionality of an array ( computing) or tensor ( mathematics).
    • noun
      (chess)
      one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those which run from letter to letter). The analog vertical lines are the files.
    • verb
      To place abreast, or in a line.
    • verb
      To have a ranking.
    • verb
      To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
    • verb
      (US)
      To take rank of; to outrank.
    • One of the horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard
    • The lines or rows of people in an organization
    • In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal
    • to give a person, place, thing, or idea a rank
    • Having a very strong and bad odor
    • Highly offensive; disgusting
    • position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
    • a level in an organization such as the military
    • To give a unique cardinal position to each entry, as in stack rank.
    • rank (smell of urine)
    • place (in relation to the whole)
    • Position of a person, place, thing, or idea in relation to others based on a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
    • adjective
      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"
    • adjective
      growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"
    • adjective
      very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth"
    • adjective
      very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"
    • noun
      a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
    • noun
      position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
    • noun
      relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
    • 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"
    • noun
      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"
    • verb
      assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
    • verb
      take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
    • verb
      take precedence or surpass others in rank

    Synonyms of "rank" in English dictionary

    crying, social station, right-down are the top synonyms of "rank" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of rank

    • rank ( comparative ranker or more rank, superlative rankest or most rank)
    • rank ( third-person singular simple present ranks, present participle ranking, simple past and past participle ranked)
    • rank ( comparative more rank, superlative most rank)
    • rank ( plural  ranks)
    • rank (comparative ranker or more rank, superlative rankest or most rank)
    • rank (comparative more rank, superlative most rank)
    • rank (countable and uncountable, plural ranks)
    • rank (third-person singular simple present ranks, present participle ranking, simple past and past participle ranked)
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