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rank

rank

88 2.8
A line of people standing side by side
  • noun
  • /ræŋk/
translation icon : fila
  • Soon, troops start to form ranks in the open spaces of the camp.

Soon, troops start to form ranks in the open spaces of the camp.

Examples

  • As the ceremony began, the veterans formed ranks to honor their fallen comrades.

  • The road was full, almost crowded, as rank after rank of animals marched down the street.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Through the living light I carried my eyes through the ranks now up, now down.

  • And it can feel really hard to break ranks and get help.

  • MAN: Left three ranks, make ready!

  • Front rank, fire!

  • Form into ranks!

  • Form ranks!

  • The soldiers stood in organized ranks, ready for inspection.

  • During the parade, the police marched in tight ranks along the street.

Synonyms

line
vsrank
1.0

A row of people or things standing one behind another

is used mainly for soldiers or police standing side by side
row
vsrank
389 1.0

A line of things or people placed side by side

is used mostly for military or police groups standing together

Antonyms

31 3.7

A state in which things or places are not arranged

Compounds

34 4.3

Ordinary members of a group who are not leaders

6 3.9

A position with more authority and status than others in a group

A position in the armed forces that shows how much authority someone has

1 3.5

A position lower than others in a group or at work

1 3.9

A list of people or things arranged from most to least important

1 2.3

A place where taxis wait to pick up passengers

1 3.8

A person's position in society based on wealth, family, or job

flag rank
  • Specialized
8.1

A senior military title that officers like admirals or generals hold

A badge worn on a uniform that shows a person's military rank

A method to measure the relationship between two ranked variables while keeping other variables the same

8.5

A number that shows how well two rankings agree

9.6

To measure how two sets of scores are related by comparing their ranks

A number that shows how closely two sets of ranked scores move together

8.8

A number that shows how similar two ordered lists are

A number that shows how similar the order of items is in two lists

Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food

Surface Forms

rank singular
ranks plural

Etymology

Rank comes from an old French word meaning 'row' or 'line', used for soldiers standing side by side and seen today in the phrase rank and file. So a rank is a line of people.