rank

«rank» in Mova's school dictionary: A position in a group or list, higher or lower than… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a rank, ranks); verb (rank, ranks, ranked, ranking); adjective (rank — smelly)

meaning for a pupil

1) A position in a group or list, higher or lower than others: She is first in rank. tree →

2) An official level in the army, police or another group: the rank of captain. tree →

3) (verb) To put things in order by size, score or importance, or to have a place in such an order: Rank the numbers from smallest to largest. tree →

4) A row or line of people or things: a taxi rank, ranks of soldiers. tree →

5) (adjective, informal) Very smelly or nasty: «That bin is rank!» (UK slang). tree →

6) (adjective) Complete or total: a rank beginner. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths lessons pupils rank numbers, scores and heights in order — «rank from least to greatest». In sport, players and teams are ranked. In stories about armies, soldiers break ranks or close ranks. In UK playground slang «rank» means gross. Phrases: «rank in order», «top-ranked», «taxi rank», «break ranks», «close ranks», «rank and file», «pull rank».

examples

• Rank the children from shortest to tallest. tree →
• She ranks third in the school chess club. tree →
• The soldier was promoted to the rank of sergeant. tree →
• We waited at the taxi rank. tree →
• (slang) Ew, these old socks are rank! tree →
• He is a rank beginner at tennis. tree →
• Rank 45, 12, 78 and 30 from largest to smallest. tree →
• The team is ranked number one in the country. tree →
• "The law is there for people of high rank, too," said Holberg. tree →

note

Regular verb: ranked. Noun «ranking» (a list in order). In ranking problems check if the order is ascending (smallest first) or descending (largest first). The slang «rank» (gross) is informal; fine with friends.

In the corpora

• Ranked games give you a badge — bronze, silver, gold — that goes up when you win and down when you lose.
• Priya dropped a rank after five losses and decided to play until she won it back.
• At 11pm she had lost two more ranks, her eyes were stinging and she slept badly.
• Chasing a lost rank while you are upset usually loses more.
• And Ruby was too nervous to play ranked at all, until she tried one ranked game with two friends sitting beside her.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «rank» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.