Meaning

13 senses
  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.

    рядrjad, шере́нгаšerénga, коло́ннаkolónna

    a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another

  2. (countable, uncountable)One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).

    Reihe

    горизонта́льgorizontálʹ

  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.

    Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.

    The fancy hotel was of the first rank.

    Rang, Dienstgrad

    классklass, положе́ниеpoložénije, рангrang

  6. (countable, uncountable)The level of one's position in a class-based society.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation.

    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.

    Rang, Dienstgrad

    рангrang, чинčin, зва́ниеzvánije

    рангranh, чинčyn, звання́zvannjá

    the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)

  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.

    рангrang

  12. (countable, uncountable)The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D).

Examples

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  1. He ranked close to the top.

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  2. He holds the rank of colonel.

    deEr hat den Rang eines Oberst.

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  3. Tom holds the rank of captain.

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  4. Tom achieved the rank of major.

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  5. He is immediately above me in rank.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
hierarchical level in an organization:
Русский
By meaning 4
row of people or things organized in a grid pattern:
chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares:
position based on a shared property:
hierarchical level in an organization:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
chess: one of the horizontal lines of squares:
position based on a shared property:

Origin

From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank

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”).

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Forms

plural: ranks
Singularrank
Pluralranks

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

38 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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