rank
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(s) very fertile; producing profuse growth
- rank earth
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(s) very offensive in smell or taste
- a rank cigar
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(s) conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
- a crying shame
- an egregious lie
- flagrant violation of human rights
- a glaring error
- gross ineptitude
- gross injustice
- rank treachery
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(s) complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers
- 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
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(s) growing profusely
- rank jungle vegetation
Nouns
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(n) a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another
- the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen
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(n) relative status
- his salary was determined by his rank and seniority
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(n) the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
- the strike was supported by the union rank and file
- he rose from the ranks to become a colonel
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(n) position in a social hierarchy
- the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
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(n) the body of members of an organization or group
- they polled their membership
- they found dissension in their own ranks
- he joined the ranks of the unemployed
Verbs
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(v) take or have a position relative to others
- This painting ranks among the best in the Western World
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(v) assign a rank or rating to
- how would you rank these students?
- The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide
- (v) take precedence or surpass others in rank outrank,