| query | If you say that someone or something r____ high or low on a scale or if you rank them high or low, you are saying how good or important you think they are.If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale or if you rank them high or low, you are saying how good or important you think they are. His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers. Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations. St Petersburg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's. 18 per cent of women ranked sex as very important in their lives. The Ritz-Carlton in Aspen has to rank as one of the most extraordinary hotels I have ever been to. Since the 1930s, cancer has always been ranked as the disease people are most concerned about. |
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| word | rank |
| full-definition | noun Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization. He eventually rose to the rank of captain. The former head of counter-intelligence had been stripped of his rank and privileges. ...officers of equivalent rank in the other branches. Someone's rank is the social class, especially the high social class, that they belong to. Each rank of the peerage was represented. He must be treated as a hostage of high rank, not as a common prisoner. The ranks of a group or organization are the people who belong to it. There were some misgivings within the ranks of the media too. The General Assembly welcomed five new members to its ranks. The ranks are the ordinary members of an organization, especially of the armed forces. Top military leaders say there have been reports of demoralization in the ranks. Most store managers have worked their way up through the ranks. A rank of people or things is a row of them. Ranks of police in riot gear stood nervously by. She continued to smile at the ranks of cameras on their doorstep. A taxi rank is a place on a city street where taxis park when they are available for hire. The man led the way to the taxi rank. He walked towards the first taxi on the rank. verb If an official organization ranks someone or something 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example, they calculate that the person or thing has that position on a scale. You can also say that someone or something ranks 1st, 5th, or 50th, for example. The report ranks the U.K. 20th out of 22 advanced nations. He was at the time ranked 10th in the world and had a regular place in the Swedish Davis Cup team. She was ranked 12th in a recent Top 50 Models poll. She was ranked in the top 50 of the women's world rankings. Mr Short does not even rank in the world's top ten. If you say that someone or something ranks high or low on a scale or if you rank them high or low, you are saying how good or important you think they are. His prices rank high among those of other contemporary photographers. Investors ranked South Korea high among Asian nations. St Petersburg's night life ranks as more exciting than the capital's. 18 per cent of women ranked sex as very important in their lives. The Ritz-Carlton in Aspen has to rank as one of the most extraordinary hotels I have ever been to. Since the 1930s, cancer has always been ranked as the disease people are most concerned about. If you say that someone or something ranks with a group of famous people or things, you mean that they are extremely good and should be included in that group. ...a performance of heroic calibre that must rank with the most memorable. We found his Hot soufflé in cinnamon spice with Drambuie cream to rank with the best English sweets. adjective You can use rank to emphasize a bad or undesirable quality that exists in an extreme form. He called it 'rank hypocrisy' that the government was now promoting equal rights. You can describe something as rank when it has a strong and unpleasant smell. The kitchen was rank with the smell of drying uniforms. ...the rank smell of unwashed clothes. |
| inflections | rankerrankestranksrankingranked |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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