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# rank

«rank» in Mova's school dictionary: **A position in a group or list, higher or lower than…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a rank, ranks); verb (rank, ranks, ranked, ranking); adjective (rank — smelly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A position in a group or list, higher or lower than others: She is first in rank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#m1)

2) An official level in the army, police or another group: the rank of captain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#m2)

3) (verb) To put things in order by size, score or importance, or to have a place in such an order: Rank the numbers from smallest to largest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#m3)

4) A row or line of people or things: a taxi rank, ranks of soldiers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#m4)

5) (adjective, informal) Very smelly or nasty: «That bin is rank!» (UK slang). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#m5)

6) (adjective) Complete or total: a rank beginner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#m6)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons pupils rank numbers, scores and heights in order — «rank from least to greatest». In sport, players and teams are ranked. In stories about armies, soldiers break ranks or close ranks. In UK playground slang «rank» means gross. Phrases: «rank in order», «top-ranked», «taxi rank», «break ranks», «close ranks», «rank and file», «pull rank».

### examples

- Rank the children from shortest to tallest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x1)
- She ranks third in the school chess club. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x2)
- The soldier was promoted to the rank of sergeant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x3)
- We waited at the taxi rank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x4)
- (slang) Ew, these old socks are rank! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x5)
- He is a rank beginner at tennis. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x6)
- Rank 45, 12, 78 and 30 from largest to smallest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x7)
- The team is ranked number one in the country. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x8)
- "The law is there for people of high rank, too," said Holberg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/#x9)

### note

Regular verb: ranked. Noun «ranking» (a list in order). In ranking problems check if the order is ascending (smallest first) or descending (largest first). The slang «rank» (gross) is informal; fine with friends.

### In the corpora

- [Ranked games give you a badge — bronze, silver, gold — that goes up when you win and down when you lose.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/6/)
- [Priya dropped a rank after five losses and decided to play until she won it back.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/7/)
- [At 11pm she had lost two more ranks, her eyes were stinging and she slept badly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/8/)
- [Chasing a lost rank while you are upset usually loses more.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/9/)
- [And Ruby was too nervous to play ranked at all, until she tried one ranked game with two friends sitting beside her.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/407-rage-quitting-and-ranked/25/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «rank» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rank/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.