Tra từ rank - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rank [rank ranks ranked ranking] noun, verb, adjective BrE [ræŋk] NAmE [ræŋk]
noun

POSITION IN ORGANIZATION/ARMY, ETC.
1. uncountable, countable the position, especially a high position, that sb has in a particular organization, society, etc
• She was not used to mixing with people of high social rank.
• He rose through the ranks to become managing director.
•Within months she was elevated to ministerial rank.
•Promotion will mean that I'm immediately above him in rank.
see also ↑ranking
2. countable, uncountable the position that sb has in the army, navy, police, etc
• He was soon promoted to the rank of captain.
•officers of junior/senior rank
•a campaign to attract more women into the military ranks
•officers, and other ranks (= people who are not officers)
• The colonel was stripped of his rank (= was given a lower position, especially as a punishment).
3. the ranksplural the position of ordinary soldiers rather than officers
•He served in the ranks for most of the war.
•He rose from the ranks (= from being an ordinary soldier) to become a warrant officer.

QUALITY
4. singular the degree to which sb/sth is of high quality
•a painter of the first rank
•Britain is no longer in the front rank of world powers.
•The findings are arranged in rank order according to performance.

MEMBERS OF GROUP
5. the ranksplural the members of a particular group or organization
•We have a number of international players in our ranks.
•At 50, he was forced to join the ranks of the unemployed.
•There were serious divisions within the party's own ranks.

LINE/ROW
6. countable a line or row of soldiers, police, etc. standing next to each other
•They watched as ranks of marching infantry passed the window.
•They fired at random into the enemy ranks.
7. countable a line or row of people or things
•massed ranks of spectators
•The trees grew in serried ranks (= very closely together).
see also ↑taxi rank

IN STATISTICS
8. countable (statistics)a number that gives the position of a member of a set of numbers
more at close ranks at ↑close ¹_v., pull rank at ↑pull _v.

Word Origin:
n. and v. Middle English ‘row of things’ Old French ranc Germanic ↑ringadj. Old English ranc ‘proud, rebellious, sturdy’ ‘fully grown’ Germanic ‘luxuriant’ ‘too luxuriant’

Thesaurus:
rank noun C, U
•He was promoted to the rank of major.
•people of high social rank
level • • grade • • position • • class • • status • • standing •
the top rank/level/grade
a high/higher rank/level/grade/position/status/standing
a low/lower rank/level/grade/position/class/status/standing
sb's social rank/position/class/status/standing

Example Bank:
•A CIA operative had infiltrated their ranks.
•Communication worked well at management level, but didn't always make it down to the rank and file.
•Death and disease were thinning their ranks.
•Each month thousands more swell the ranks of the unemployed.
•He broke ranks with his fellow Republicans and opposed the war.
•He came up through the ranks to become a general.
•He held officer rank in the air force for many years.
•He is higher in rank than I am.
•He is in the first rank of designers.
•He never rose above the rank of lieutenant.
•He spent two years on the college golf team before joining the professional ranks.
•He was assigned the rank of Commander.
•He was standing in the second rank.
•He was stripped of his rank by a military court.
•More women are now filling the ranks of the medical profession.
•Rank upon rank of caravans filled the field.
•She joined the navy and held the rank of captain.
•She reached the rank of captain.
•She was promoted to the rank of colonel.
•The group has little influence over those outside its own ranks.
•The police broke ranks and started hitting people with their batons.
•The president moved slowly along the ranks of men.
•The soldiers marched in three ranks of ten.
•There are few women in the highest ranks of the organization.
•There is much disaffection among the ranks of the party.
•These products appeal to the growing ranks of middle-class consumers.
•They had served in the ranks of the Sultan's army.
•When the establishment is attacked, it closes ranks.
•a government minister of Cabinet rank
•a poet who belongs in the front rank of Latin American literature
•all ranks in society
•officers of senior rank
•police officers below the rank of sergeant
•the lowest ranks of the aristocracy
•the serried ranks of hotel staff
•I gave them only my name, rank and serial number.
•Officers of junior rank had separate accommodation.
•People of every rank seemed to agree on this.
•She rose from the middle ranks of the civil service.
•She rose through the ranks to become managing director.
•The trees grew in serried ranks
•There were ranks of trestle tables piled high with food.
•There's a campaign to attract more women into the military ranks.
•Within months he was elevated to a top rank.
Idiom: ↑break ranks

verb (not used in the progressive tenses)

GIVE POSITION
1. transitive, intransitive to give sb/sth a particular position on a scale according to quality, importance, success, etc; to have a position of this kind
•~ sb/sth (+ adv./prep.) The tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty.
• She is currently the highest ranked player in the world.
•top-ranked players
•~ sb/sth as sth Voters regularly rank education as being more important than defence.
•~ (sb/sth) + adj. Last year, he was ranked second in his age group.
•At the height of her career she ranked second in the world.
•~ sb/sth + noun The university is ranked number one in the country for engineering.
•~ as sth It certainly doesn't rank as his greatest win.
•(+ adv./prep.) The restaurant ranks among the finest in town.
•This must rank with (= be as good as) the greatest movies ever made.
•Health and education rank highly with voters.
• (NAmE)You just don't rank (= you're not good enough).

PUT IN LINE/ROW
2. transitive, usually passive ~ sth to arrange objects in a line or row
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
n. and v. Middle English ‘row of things’ Old French ranc Germanic ↑ringadj. Old English ranc ‘proud, rebellious, sturdy’ ‘fully grown’ Germanic ‘luxuriant’ ‘too luxuriant’

Thesaurus:
rank verb T, I (not used in the progressive tenses)
•The criteria are ranked in order of importance.
grade • • rate • • place • • put • |formal order •
rank/grade/rate/order sb/sth according to sth
rank/grade/order sb/sth by sth
rank/rate/place/put/order sb/sth above/below sb/sth
rank/grade/rate/place/put sb/sth in order of sth

Example Bank:
•He is a high-ranking officer in the Indian Army.
•He ranks among the greatest boxers of all time.
•She is now ranked in the top five hockey players in Britain.
•She ranks above any other musician of her generation.
•The children were ranked according to academic ability.
•The company ranks second among food manufacturers.
•The dandelion ranks ahead of both broccoli and spinach in nutritional value.
•Their performance ranks as the best of the year.
•These subjects ranked low for most students.
•This city ranks alongside London as one of the great tourist attractions of the world.
•This ranks with the great paintings of the 19th century.
•We beat a nationally ranked team.
•high-ranking officials
•ranked in order of size
•the tennis player ranked number two in the world
•He is now ranked number two in the world.
•He was ranked second in his age group.
•It certain doesn't rank as their greatest win.
•It now ranks as Japan's fourth largest market.
•Schools in our state continue to rank low in the nation.
•The collection ranks among the finest in the country.
•The criteria are ranked in order of importance.
•They both lost to top-ranked American players.
•You just don't rank.

adjective
1. having a strong unpleasant smell
•The house was full of the rank smell of urine.
2. only before noun used to emphasize a particular quality, state, etc.
•an example of rank stupidity
•The winning horse was a rank outsider.
3. (of plants, etc.)growing too thickly
•an area overgrown with rank grass and nettles

Word Origin:
n. and v. Middle English ‘row of things’ Old French ranc Germanic ↑ringadj. Old English ranc ‘proud, rebellious, sturdy’ ‘fully grown’ Germanic ‘luxuriant’ ‘too luxuriant’