rank

rank
I
n.
row

(esp. mil.)

1) to form a rank

2) to break ranks (also fig.)

3) (misc.) to come up, rise from the ranks

position, grade

4) 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')

II
v.

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 ranks
senior rank
substantive (BE) rank
use one's rank
the 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 rank
by
cabinet 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.

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