rank

n. your position or level in an organisation like the military or a large company.

n. a specific hierarchical level within a structured organisation, particularly the military or police.

“After ten years of service, she finally reached the rank of captain.”

“Promotions to the senior ranks are based on a combination of years in service and demonstrated leadership during field operations.”

n. a place in a list that is sorted by quality, size, or importance.

n. a position within a sorted sequence or scale based on a specific metric such as quality, population, or performance.

“The university improved its global rank this year due to better research.”

“Despite the economic downturn, the city maintained its high rank as a global financial hub.”

n. a line or row of people or things standing side by side.

n. a row of people or objects arranged in a straight line, often within a grid or military formation.

“The soldiers stood in long ranks waiting for the parade to begin.”

“The protesters stood in disciplined ranks, blocking the entrance to the building while maintaining a peaceful silence.”

n. a horizontal line on a chessboard, or a technical measure of size in math and computers.

n. a horizontal row on a chessboard; also used in linear algebra for matrix dimensions and in computing for array dimensionality.

“In chess, the pieces are set up on the first and second ranks.”

“The algorithm calculates the rank of the matrix to determine if the system of linear equations has a unique solution.”

Technical

v. to have a specific place in a list of quality or importance.

v. to hold a particular position within a hierarchy or ordered sequence.

“This restaurant ranks among the best in the city for Italian food.”

“The country ranks third globally in terms of renewable energy production per capita.”

v. to put things in a list from best to worst or most to least important.

v. to assign a position to something within a hierarchy or according to a specific scale of value.

“We need to rank these tasks by how urgent they are.”

“The committee will rank the applicants based on their technical expertise and previous project management experience.”

adj. having a very strong and unpleasant smell or taste.

adj. offensive or foul in odour or taste; often implies decomposition or extreme lack of hygiene.

“The air in the locker room was rank with the smell of old sweat.”

“The stagnant water in the ditch had turned rank, giving off a pungent scent that reached the nearby houses.”

Informal

adj. used to emphasize that something bad is complete or total.

adj. used as an intensive to describe something negative as utter or unmitigated.

“It was rank stupidity to drive through the flood water.”

“The project failed not due to bad luck, but because of rank incompetence at the executive level.”

Formal