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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "rank"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to position someone or something on a scale based on importance, quality, etc.
Transitive: to rank sb/sth
to rank definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The supervisor will rank the candidates according to their qualifications for the job.
āϏ⧁āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻ­āĻžāχāϜāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āĻŦāĻĻā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to secure a position in a ranking based on measured success or accomplishment
Linking Verb: to rank [adj] | to rank a position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the latest survey, our company ranked second in customer satisfaction.
āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āϜāϰāĻŋāĻĒ⧇, āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧋āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšāĻ• āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be more important or higher in status than someone else
Transitive: to rank sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In this organization, the CEO ranks all the managers.
āĻāχ āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āϏāĻŋāχāĻ“ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻ™ā§āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
01

a row or line of people, especially soldiers or police, standing side by side

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Police formed a rank to block the entrance.
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a person's relative status, position, or level of authority within an organization or society

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her rank in the company allowed her to make important decisions.
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āĻĒāĻĻ, āĻŽāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻžāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ

members of the armed forces involving those who have a lower position
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Communication between ranks is vital for operational success in military missions.
āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āĻŽāĻŋāĻļāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĻļāύāĻžāϞ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒāĻĻāĻŽāĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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a person's position within a social hierarchy or class

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Social reforms aimed to reduce the importance of rank.
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āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€, āϏāĻĻāĻ¸ā§āϝ

(plural) the people who collectively form a particular group or organization
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The organization ’s success can be attributed to the dedication and skill within its ranks.
āϏāĻ‚āĻ—āĻ āύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĢāĻ˛ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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a horizontal line of spaces across a game board, typically at a right angle to the columns

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He moved his rook along the rank to threaten the opponent's king.
01

extremely fertile

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Gardeners prized the rank earth for its ability to sustain lush vegetables.
02

growing thickly, densely, or luxuriantly

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Vines climbed in rank abundance over the garden wall.
03

complete or extreme, often used to intensify

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He showed rank arrogance, ignoring everyone's advice.
04

obviously and outrageously bad or offensive

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His rank behavior at the party shocked everyone.
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āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ, āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ

having a strong and unpleasant taste or smell
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The public restroom had a rank smell, making visitors hesitant to stay longer than necessary.
āĻĒāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĻ• āϟāϝāĻŧāϞ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϤ⧀āĻŦā§āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻž āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻŋ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻŋāĻšā§āϛ⧁āĻ• āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤ⧁āϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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