rank

US /ræŋk/

UK /ræŋk/

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noun

  • Group of people with a certain level of status
  • Level or position, as in society/sport competition
  • A place for taxis to wait for customers
  • A position in a hierarchy.
  • Row in which people stand side by side, as in army

verb

  • To rate or class things
  • To assign a level or status, as of importance, to
  • To put items into a sequence, e.g. of importance

adjective

  • Complete and total; very obvious
  • Having a strong, offensive smell or taste.
  • Growing out of control
  • (Of a smell) very bad; pungent; stinking