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rank en · ADJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹæŋk/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷæŋk] without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋk] (Canada, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-grown, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rank, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Dutch rank (“slender, slim”), Low German rank (“slender, projecting, lank”), Danish rank (“straight, erect, slender”), Swedish rank (“slender, shaky, wonky”), Icelandic rakkur (“straight, slender, bold, valiant”). The sense referring to taste or odor is possibly influenced by rancor.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong. ▸ Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
    • And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 41:5:
    • rank grass
    • rank weeds
    • The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common. 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
  2. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong. ▸ Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. ▸ Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
    • fow Sprat or Fullum Barley, which is the best for rank Land, because it doth not run ſo much to Straw 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
    • rank land
  3. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong. ▸ Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. ▸ Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
    • The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […] 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I:
  4. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong. ▸ Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
  5. (informal, obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong. ▸ Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome. ▸ Gross, disgusting, foul.
  6. (obsolete) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong. ▸ Headstrong; difficult to control.
    • If Safford happens to be driving a "rank" horse, one that insists on getting away fast, he goes along with the rest, […] 1949, The New Yorker (volume 25, part 3, page 46)
  7. Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.
    • Divers sea fowls taste rank of the fish on which they ordinarily feed. 1661, Robert Boyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Sceptical Chymist: or Chymico-physical Doubts & Paradoxes, […], London: […] J. Cadwell for J. Crooke, […], →OCLC:
    • Your gym clothes are rank, bro – when'd you last wash 'em?
  8. (emphatic, intensifier, negative) complete, unmitigated, utter.
    • rank nonsense
    • England's domination of the first half was almost total, but they somehow contrived to allow Tunisia to raise themselves off the floor by virtue of rank carelessness from [Gareth] Southgate's side. 2018 June 18, Phil McNulty, “Tunisia 1 – 2 England”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2019:
    • I am a rank amateur as a wordsmith.
    • Chelsea remain rank outsiders to retain their crown and they still lie 12 points adrift of United, but Ancelotti will regard this as a performance that supports his insistence that they can still have a say when the major prizes are handed out this season. 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
    • rank treason
  9. (obsolete) lustful; lascivious
    • the ewes being rank, In end of autumn turned to the rams c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more rank Degree=Cmp lexicographic
ranck alternative, obsolete lexicographic
most rank Degree=Sup lexicographic
rankest Degree=Sup lexicographic
ranker Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

rankish · rankly · rankness · rankful · ranken · overrank · outrank

Synonyms

stinky · gamy · pongy · virulent · smelly · thorough

Translations (58)

de geil (strong in growth) · fi haiseva (having a very strong and bad odor) · hu burjánzó (strong in growth) · ota كور (strong in growth) · gl rancio (having a very strong and bad odor) · hu dús (strong in growth) · hu gusztustalan (highly offensive; disgusting) · cs odporný (highly offensive; disgusting) · hu visszataszító (highly offensive; disgusting) · ru ме́рзкий (highly offensive; disgusting) · hu buja (strong in growth) · de stinkend (having a very strong and bad odor) · ru прого́рклый (having a very strong and bad odor) · hu ocsmány (highly offensive; disgusting) · bg вонящ (having a very strong and bad odor) · cs bujný (strong in growth) · ga uaibhreach (strong in growth) · la rancidus (having a very strong and bad odor) · cs hnusný (highly offensive; disgusting) · cs bujně rostoucí (strong in growth) · fi lemuava (having a very strong and bad odor) · ja 臭い (having a very strong and bad odor) · nl ranzig (having a very strong and bad odor) · el ταγγός (having a very strong and bad odor) · hu orrfacsaró/penetráns (szagú) (having a very strong and bad odor) · fr rance (having a very strong and bad odor) · es repugnante (highly offensive; disgusting) · ro rânced (having a very strong and bad odor) · hu büdös (having a very strong and bad odor) · it ripugnante (highly offensive; disgusting) · nl stinkend (having a very strong and bad odor) · ga borb (having a very strong and bad odor) · eo trokreskinta Literally (strong in growth) · tr iğrenç (highly offensive; disgusting) · sv stank (having a very strong and bad odor) · hu sűrű (strong in growth) · eo “overgrown” (strong in growth) · hu bűzös (having a very strong and bad odor) · de ekelhaft (highly offensive; disgusting) · es rancio (having a very strong and bad odor) · sv vämjelig (highly offensive; disgusting) · hu undorító (highly offensive; disgusting) · cmn(having a very strong and bad odor) · fr malodorant (having a very strong and bad odor) · it puzzolente (having a very strong and bad odor) · ru омерзи́тельный (highly offensive; disgusting) · pt rançoso (having a very strong and bad odor) · tr pis kokulu (having a very strong and bad odor) · ru воню́чий (having a very strong and bad odor) · it repellente (highly offensive; disgusting) · gd breun (highly offensive; disgusting) · pt repugnante (highly offensive; disgusting) · cmn(having a very strong and bad odor) · ru отврати́тельный (highly offensive; disgusting) · fi löyhkäävä (having a very strong and bad odor) · ca ranci (having a very strong and bad odor) · gd breun (having a very strong and bad odor) · nl rans (having a very strong and bad odor)

rank en · ADV · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹæŋk/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷæŋk] without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋk] (Canada, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Middle English rank (“strong, proud”), from Old English ranc (“proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent, forward, overbearing, showy, ostentatious, splendid, bold, valiant, noble, brave, strong, full-grown, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rank, from Proto-Germanic *rankaz (“straight”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“straight, direct”). Cognate with Dutch rank (“slender, slim”), Low German rank (“slender, projecting, lank”), Danish rank (“straight, erect, slender”), Swedish rank (“slender, shaky, wonky”), Icelandic rakkur (“straight, slender, bold, valiant”). The sense referring to taste or odor is possibly influenced by rancor.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
    • That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell. 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
    • The seely man seeing him ryde so rancke, / And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare […]. 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
more rank Degree=Cmp lexicographic
ranck alternative, obsolete lexicographic
most rank Degree=Sup lexicographic

rank en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹæŋk/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷæŋk] without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋk] (Canada, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”). Displaced native Old English hād (“rank, status”). Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
    • The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.
    • The Musketeers being on both flancks, firſt firing let the Ranck ſtand, and fire every Ranck, paſſing through before his leader[…] 1684, Richard Elton, The compleat body of the Art Military […] , 2nd edition, page 196:
    • Then there was no more cover, for they straggled out, not in ranks but clusters, from among orange trees and tall, flowering shrubs[…]. 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 7, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
  2. (countable, uncountable) One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).
  3. (countable, uncountable) The value of a playing card.
    • The ranks are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace.
  4. (countable, uncountable) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
  5. (countable, uncountable) One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
    • The fancy hotel was of the first rank.
    • Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
  6. (countable, uncountable) The level of one's position in a class-based society.
  7. (countable, qualifier:typically in the plural, uncountable) A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.
    • Earlier this month police in Norfolk were called after five hives thought to contain around 60,000 bees and £600 worth of honey were taken. [...] Suspicions among beekeepers that the culprits come from their own ranks were underlined by the fact that a bee smoker was left at the scene by someone who presumably knew that it could be used to calm the insects before taking them. 2017 September 23, “From north Wales to Norfolk, distraught beekeepers ask: who’s stealing our hives?”, in The Observer:
    • a membership drawn from the ranks of wealthy European businessmen
  8. (countable, uncountable) A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military.
    • Private First Class (PFC) is the second-lowest rank in the Marines.
    • He rose up through the ranks of the company, from mailroom clerk to CEO.
  9. (countable, uncountable) A level in a scientific taxonomy system.
    • Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
  10. (countable, uncountable) The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor.
  11. (countable, uncountable) The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
  12. (countable, uncountable) The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).
  13. (countable, uncountable) The size of any basis of a given matroid.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ranck alternative, obsolete lexicographic
ranks Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

file · file

Deriveds

rank and file · S rank · taxi rank · air rank · Kendall rank correlation coefficient · back rank · cab off the rank · other rank · superrank · rankless · stack rank · rank-deficient · rank badge · rank and yank · rankist · corank · subrank · rankit · de-rank · rankshift · cab rank · low-rank · coal rank · full rank · cab-rank rule · rank of apparition · ranksman · rank-nullity theorem · multirank · ordinal rank · circuit rank · rank outsider · rank sum · pull rank · Spearman's rank correlation coefficient · rankism · close ranks · rankogram · back-rank mate · flag rank · rank-and-filer · military rank · forerank · break rank · rank-and-file · keep rank · rankwise

Synonyms

condition

Translations (210)

th ยศ (hierarchical level in an organization) · cs hodnost (hierarchical level in an organization) · nl gelid (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · ru строй (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · sv klass (position based on a shared property) · km ចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ (position based on a shared property) · pl ranga (hierarchical level in an organization) · tr sınıf (level of one's position in a class-based society) · sa रेखा (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · ja 階級 (hierarchical level in an organization) · sv verk (music: set of pipes in an organ) · fa رده (position based on a shared property) · ne श्रेणी (position based on a shared property) · az rütbə (hierarchical level in an organization) · hu rendfokozat (hierarchical level in an organization) · it traversa (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · vi cấp (position based on a shared property) · ne रेखा (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · fr rangée (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · uk звання́ (hierarchical level in an organization) · tg рутба (hierarchical level in an organization) · tr paye (hierarchical level in an organization) · hy կարգ (position based on a shared property) · pl rząd (maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix) · it gregario (hierarchical level in an organization) · bg чин (hierarchical level in an organization) · bg ранг (level of one's position in a class-based society) · ru ли́ния (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · tr satır (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · sa श्रेणी (position based on a shared property) · ko 계급 (hierarchical level in an organization) · mk ред (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · hu rang (position based on a shared property) · ru положе́ние (position based on a shared property) · fi arvo (hierarchical level in an organization) · ml റാങ്ക് (position based on a shared property) · nb rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · cu чинъ (hierarchical level in an organization) · fi taso (position based on a shared property) · ru положе́ние (hierarchical level in an organization) · sv rad (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · pt quadro (in plural: category of people, such as those who share an occupation) · lv horizontāle (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · sv rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · uk чин (hierarchical level in an organization) · mr श्रेणी (position based on a shared property) · hi लक़ीर (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · hy կոչում (hierarchical level in an organization) · grc ζυγόν (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · fa رتبه (position based on a shared property) · sv placering (position based on a shared property) · eo rango (hierarchical level in an organization) · el λωρίδα (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · mi tupunga (level of one's position in a class-based society) · hi श्रेणी (position based on a shared property) · it ceto (position based on a shared property) · nb rad (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · fr rang (position based on a shared property) · lt horizontalė (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · ne श्रेणीबद्ध (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · ru горизонта́ль (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · la gradus (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · be зва́нне (hierarchical level in an organization) · es fila (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · pt coluna (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · bn পদ (hierarchical level in an organization) · got 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (hierarchical level in an organization) · mr रेखा (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · fi sotilasarvo (hierarchical level in an organization) · de Rang (position based on a shared property) · hu rang (dimensionality of an array or tensor) · ru коло́нна (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · be го́днасць (hierarchical level in an organization) · de Dienstgrad (position based on a shared property) · cy urdd (position based on a shared property) · it grado (hierarchical level in an organization) · sv grad (hierarchical level in an organization) · az cərgə (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · ka ხარისხი (hierarchical level in an organization) · da række (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · it rango (hierarchical level in an organization) · fi luokka (level of one's position in a class-based society) · got 𐌲𐍂𐌹𐌸𐍃 (position based on a shared property) · sh чи̑н (hierarchical level in an organization) · ka მწკრივი (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · fi luokka (position based on a shared property) · fi rivit (in plural: category of people, such as those who share an occupation) · ca rang (maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix) · uz rutba (hierarchical level in an organization) · ru ранг (position based on a shared property) · ru чин (hierarchical level in an organization) · ms pangkat (hierarchical level in an organization) · ru ряд (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · mrw bansa (position based on a shared property) · fi taso (level in a taxonomy system) · de Dienstgrad (hierarchical level in an organization) · pl godność (hierarchical level in an organization) · ro linie (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · az məqam (hierarchical level in an organization) · cmn 級 /级 (position based on a shared property) · mi kapa (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · sv rang (level of one's position in a class-based society) · pt fileira (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · ca fila (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · mr श्रेणीबद्ध (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · cmn 軍階 /军阶 (hierarchical level in an organization) · ota مرتبه (hierarchical level in an organization) · be чын (hierarchical level in an organization) · th ยศ (position based on a shared property) · ru ранг (hierarchical level in an organization) · ro rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · sl čin (hierarchical level in an organization) · ga oireachas (position based on a shared property) · es grado (hierarchical level in an organization) · pt posição (hierarchical level in an organization) · nl rij (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · sk rad (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · tr mertebe (hierarchical level in an organization) · cy urdd (level of one's position in a class-based society) · ckb ریز (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · nl rij (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · de Reihe (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · km ថ្នាក់ (hierarchical level in an organization) · mi tūnga (hierarchical level in an organization) · ja ランク (level of one's position in a class-based society) · vi hàm (hierarchical level in an organization) · la gradus (hierarchical level in an organization) · nl rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · hy կոչում (position based on a shared property) · fi sija (position based on a shared property) · ka რიგი (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · sh red (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · nl register (music: set of pipes in an organ) · sa श्रेणीबद्ध (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · sh čȋn (hierarchical level in an organization) · hu rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · uz rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · sk hodnosť (hierarchical level in an organization) · bg ранг (hierarchical level in an organization) · bg реди́ца (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · nl werk (music: set of pipes in an organ) · it rango (maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix) · fi rivi (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · ka წოდება (hierarchical level in an organization) · cmn(position based on a shared property) · sh ред (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · or ଶ୍ରେଣୀବଦ୍ଧ (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · es fila (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · ru шере́нга (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · it condizione sociale (position based on a shared property) · pt fileira (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · hi श्रेणीबद्ध (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · bg хоризонта́ла (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · uz unvon (hierarchical level in an organization) · ko 랭크 (level of one's position in a class-based society) · hi श्रेणी (hierarchical level in an organization) · or ରେଖା (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · vi hàng (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · fi rivi (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · ota پایه (hierarchical level in an organization) · ro grad (hierarchical level in an organization) · it rango (position based on a shared property) · sl vrsta (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · grc τάξις (hierarchical level in an organization) · de Rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · pl rząd (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · or ଶ୍ରେଣୀ (position based on a shared property) · bg зва́ние (hierarchical level in an organization) · hi पद (hierarchical level in an organization) · be ранг (hierarchical level in an organization) · fr registre (music: set of pipes in an organ) · mk чин (hierarchical level in an organization) · it truppa (hierarchical level in an organization) · ka რანგი (maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix) · ta தரவரிசை (position based on a shared property) · bg ранг (position based on a shared property) · cs řada (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · hu pozíció (position based on a shared property) · tr rütbe (hierarchical level in an organization) · ru катего́рия (position based on a shared property) · hu sor (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · pl stopień (hierarchical level in an organization) · ml പദവി (hierarchical level in an organization) · el βαθμός (hierarchical level in an organization) · tt дәрәҗә (position based on a shared property) · et auaste (hierarchical level in an organization) · fr rang (level of one's position in a class-based society) · ar رُتْبَة (hierarchical level in an organization) · nn rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · sw cheo (level of one's position in a class-based society) · sq gradë (hierarchical level in an organization) · hi रेखा (chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares) · az vəzifə (hierarchical level in an organization) · ms pangkat (position based on a shared property) · ru разря́д (position based on a shared property) · da rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · es rango (hierarchical level in an organization) · fi sijoitus (position based on a shared property) · fr rang (hierarchical level in an organization) · ka რანგი (hierarchical level in an organization) · grc τάξις (position based on a shared property) · ru ранг (maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix) · eo vico (position based on a shared property) · fa رتبه (hierarchical level in an organization) · ru зва́ние (hierarchical level in an organization) · es rango (position based on a shared property) · ru класс (position based on a shared property) · bg ред (row of people or things organized in a grid pattern) · fi aste (maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix) · uk ранг (hierarchical level in an organization)

rank en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɹɛ̃ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹeɪ̯ŋk/ (Canada, US)
  • /ˈɹæŋk/ without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷæŋk] without æ-raising
  • [ˈɹʷɛ̃ŋk] (Canada, US)
  • (US) audio
  • [ˈɹʷeɪ̯ŋk] (Canada, US)

Etymology

From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”). Displaced native Old English hād (“rank, status”). Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To place abreast or in a line.
    • She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants. 1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], verso:
  2. (intransitive) To have a ranking.
    • Their defense ranked third in the league.
    • I vex my heart with fancies dim: / ⁠He still outstript me in the race; / ⁠It was but unity of place / That made me dream I rank’d with him. 1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:
  3. (transitive) To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
    • Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers. 1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:
    • From time to time the coaches of the Lötschberg Railway itself, which in comfort and décor can rank with the finest in Europe today, travel far from the frontiers of Switzerland on through workings such as these. 1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743:
    • Ranking all things under general and special heads. 1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:
    • Heresy [is] ranked with idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, murders, and other sins of the flesh. 1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:
  4. (US, transitive) To take the rank of; to outrank.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ranking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ranck alternative, obsolete lexicographic
ranks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ranked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ranked Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

derank · rankee · rankability · unrank · uprank · rankable · downrank · misrank · disrank · underrank · forerank · overrank · enrank · rerank · outrank

Synonyms

place

Translations (38)

fr classer (to have a ranking) · de an einer Stelle stehen (to have a ranking) · fr coter (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · hi श्रेणीबद्ध (to have a ranking) · bg строявам (to place abreast or in a line) · bg класифицирам (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · sv klassa (to have a ranking) · es ranquear (to have a ranking) · hi श्रेणीबद्ध (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · or ଶ୍ରେଣୀବଦ୍ଧ (to have a ranking) · bg нареждам (to place abreast or in a line) · ne श्रेणीबद्ध (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · tr gelmek (to have a ranking) · fi sijoittua (to have a ranking) · mr श्रेणीबद्ध (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · cmn 排名 (to have a ranking) · fi järjestää riviin (to place abreast or in a line) · sv placera (to have a ranking) · de rangieren (to have a ranking) · sa श्रेणीबद्ध (to have a ranking) · fi pisteyttää (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · ne श्रेणीबद्ध (to have a ranking) · pt enfileirar (to place abreast or in a line) · es rankear (to have a ranking) · mr श्रेणीबद्ध (to have a ranking) · pt ranquear (to have a ranking) · or ଶ୍ରେଣୀବଦ୍ଧ (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · es clasificar (to have a ranking) · fi luokitella (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · fi rankata (to have a ranking) · cmn 名列 (to have a ranking) · fr ranger (to place abreast or in a line) · it annoverare (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · fi sijoittaa (to have a ranking) · sv gradera (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · sv klassificera (to have a ranking) · sa श्रेणीबद्ध (to assign a suitable place in a class or order) · sv gradera (to have a ranking)