underrank
underrank · underranks · underranked · underranking
To rank lower thanTo rank lower than.
Meaning
2 senses(transitive)To rank lower than.
In the military, a private underranks a colonel.
(transitive)To ascribe too low a rank to.
Embarrassingly, I underranked the colonel by addressing him as "private".
Origin
From under- + rank.From under- + rank.
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Forms
underranks, underranking, underranked, underranked| Base form | underrank · to underrank |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | underranks |
| Present participle | underranking |
| Past simple | underranked |
| Past participle | underranked |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.