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Xem thêm: rank and file, social station, social status, social rank, membership, rate, range, order, grade, place, outrank, crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
rank noun
1 level of importance
ADJ. high, senior, superior, upper | middle | inferior, junior, low the lowest ranks of the aristocracy | first, second He is in the first rank of university teachers. | social | Cabinet, ministerial a government minister of Cabinet rank
VERB + RANK achieve, attain, be promoted to, get to, reach, rise to She joined the navy, where she rose to the rank of captain. | have, hold He held officer rank in the air force for many years. | be stripped of He was stripped of his rank by a military court.
PREP. above a/the ~ He never rose above the rank of lieutenant. | below a/the ~ police officers below the rank of sergeant | in ~ He is higher in rank than I am. | ~ in all ranks in society | ~ of She reached the rank of captain.
PHRASES of high/low, etc. rank officers of senior rank
2 group/line of things/people
ADJ. front, rear | massed, serried the serried ranks of hotel staff
PREP. along a/the ~ The president moved slowly along the ranks of men. | in a/the ~ standing in the second rank The soldiers marched in three ranks of ten.
PHRASES break ranks (= to leave a line of soldiers, police, etc.) The police broke ranks and started hitting people with their batons. | rank on/upon rank (of sth) Rank upon rank of caravans filled the field.
3 (also the ranks) ordinary members of a large group
VERB + RANK be admitted into/to, enter, join, swell Each month thousands more swell the ranks of the unemployed. | serve in They had served in the ranks of the Sultan's army. | come up from/through, rise from/through He came up through the ranks to become a general.
PREP. among/within the ~s of There is much disaffection among the ranks of the party. | beyond/outside the ~s The group has little influence over those outside its own ranks. | in the ~s There are few women in the highest ranks of the organization.
More information about RANK
in the armed forces air force, army, navy ~ an air force/army sergeant an army/navy captain
air/field marshal a naval captain/commander/lieutenant/officer have/hold the rank of, serve as ~ She joined the navy and held the rank of captain. He served as a lieutenant in the marine corps.
be appointed, become, be made ~ He was made a colonel at the age of 40. She ought to have been made sergeant by now.
under ~383 men under General Miles attacked the camp.
the rank of ~She was promoted to the rank of colonel.
n.
the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
the strike was supported by the union rank and file
he rose from the ranks to become a colonel
the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
they polled their membership
they found dissension in their own ranks
he joined the ranks of the unemployed
v.
This painting ranks among the best in the Western World
how would you rank these students?
The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
adj.
rank earth
a rank cigar
a crying shame
an egregious lie
flagrant violation of human rights
a glaring error
gross ineptitude
gross injustice
rank treachery
absolute freedom
an absolute dimwit
a downright lie
out-and-out mayhem
an out-and-out lie
a rank outsider
many right-down vices
got the job through sheer persistence
sheer stupidity
rank jungle vegetation