- rank
- In.row
(esp. mil.)
1) to form a rank
2) to break ranks (also fig.)
3) (misc.) to come up, rise from the ranks
position, grade4) to hold a rank (to hold the rank of captain)
5) to pull (colloq.), use one's rank
6) high; junior; low; senior rank
7) (mil.) permanent (AE), substantive (BE) rank
8) (mil.) other ranks (BE; AE has enlisted personnel)
9) cabinet rank
10) by, in rank (to be seated by rank)
11) of rank (of cabinet rank; of high rank)
misc.12) to close ranks ('to unite'); a taxi rank (BE; AE has taxi stand); to come up from the ranks ('to work one's way up to a high position'); the rank and file ('everyone')
IIv.1)(d; intr., tr.) ('to be rated; to rate') to rank above (nobody ranks above Shakespeare; we do not rank anyone above him)
2) (d; intr.) to rank among (she ranks among our best instructors)
3) (d; intr., tr.) to rank as (to rank as an outstanding chess player; we rank you as our best candidate)
4) (d; intr., tr.) to rank with (Pushkin ranks with Tolstoy)
* * *[ræŋk]rise from the rankssenior ranksubstantive (BE) rankuse one's rankthe rank and file ('everyone')to come up from the ranks ('to work one's way up to a high position')a taxi rank (BE; AE has taxi stand)in rank (to be seated by rank)(misc.) to come up['row'] (esp. mil.) to form a rankbycabinet rank['misc. '] to close ranks ('to unite')(mil.) permanent (AE)(mil.) other ranks (BE;AE has enlisted personnel)(d; intr., tr.) to rank with (Pushkin ranks with Tolstoy)to break ranks (also fig.)to pull (colloq.)(d;intr.,tr.) ('to be rated;to rate') to rank above (nobody ranks above Shakespeare; we do not rank anyone above him)of rank (of cabinet rank; of high rank)(d; intr.) to rank among (she ranks among our best instructors)['position, grade'] to hold a rank (to hold the rank of captain)(d; intr., tr.) to rank as (to rank as an outstanding chess player; we rank you as our best candidate)
Combinatory dictionary. 2013.