rank
/ræŋk/
adjective
- Having a strong, unpleasant smell or taste.
- The air was rank with the smell of smoke and garbage.
- The rank odor of rotten eggs filled the room.
- He threw away the rank cheese that had been in the fridge too long.
- Complete or absolute, used to emphasize something negative.
- The company's decision was a rank betrayal of its customers.
- His behavior was rank stupidity, and everyone knew it.
- That is a rank injustice to the hardworking employees.
- Growing thickly and vigorously, especially of plants or vegetation.
- The jungle vegetation was so rank it was almost impassable.
- The garden was overgrown with rank weeds.
- Rank grass covered the abandoned field.
verb
- To assign a position or place in a scale or order.
- This university ranks among the top ten in the world.
- The judges will rank the contestants from best to worst.
- We need to rank our priorities before making a decision.
- To have a particular position in a ranking.
- His novel ranks as one of the best of the decade.
- The city ranks high in quality of life surveys.
- She ranks third in the national tennis tournament.
noun
- A position in a hierarchy or scale, especially in the military or an organization.
- The soldiers saluted officers of higher rank.
- He holds a high rank in the company's management team.
- She achieved the rank of captain after ten years of service.
- A line or row of people or things, especially soldiers standing side by side.
- The troops stood in neat ranks on the parade ground.
- Ranks of chairs were set up for the outdoor concert.
- The protesters formed a rank across the street.
- A social class or level of status.
- People from all ranks of society attended the festival.
- She married a man of lower rank, which caused a scandal.
- In that country, rank is often determined by family name.