rank English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .
Adjective
Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter.
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Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross.
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* Bible, (w) xli. 5
- And, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
*{{quote-book, year=1944, author=(w)
, title= The Three Corpse Trick , chapter=5
, passage=The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.}}
Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric.
* 1899 , (Joseph Conrad),
- The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple
Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile.
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Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome.
Having a very strong and bad taste or odor.
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* (Robert Boyle) (1627-1691)
- Divers sea fowls taste rank of the fish on which they feed.
Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence).
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* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=March 1, author=Phil McNulty, work=BBC
, title= Chelsea 2-1 Man Utd
, passage=Chelsea remain rank outsiders to retain their crown and they still lie 12 points adrift of United, but Ancelotti will regard this as a performance that supports his insistence that they can still have a say when the major prizes are handed out this season.}}
(label) Gross, disgusting.
(label) Strong; powerful; capable of acting or being used with great effect; energetic; vigorous; headstrong.
(label) Inflamed with venereal appetite.
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Synonyms
* (bad odor) stinky, smelly
** See also: pong (UK)
* (complete) complete, utter
Adverb
( en adverb)
(obsolete) Quickly, eagerly, impetuously.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
- The seely man seeing him ryde so rancke , / And ayme at him, fell flat to ground for feare [...].
* Fairfax
- That rides so rank and bends his lance so fell.
Etymology 2
(etyl) , which is of uncertain origin.
Akin to (etyl) . More at (ring).
Noun
( en noun)
A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers [the corresponding term for the perpendicular columns in such a pattern is "file"].
- The front rank''' kneeled to reload while the second '''rank fired over their heads.
* {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
, title=The Dust of Conflict
, chapter=7 citation
, passage=Then there was no more cover, for they straggled out, not in ranks but clusters, from among orange trees and tall, flowering shrubs
# (chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard [the corresponding term for a vertical line is "file"].
(music) In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality
- Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
- The fancy hotel was of the first rank.
(class)The level of one's position in a class-based society
a level in an organization such as the military
- Private First Class (PFC) is the lowest rank in the Marines.
- He rose up through the ranks of the company from mailroom clerk to CEO.
(taxonomy) a level in a scientific taxonomy system
- Phylum is the taxonomic rank below kingdom and above class.
(linear algebra) Maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix.
The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor (mathematics).
(chess) one of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those which run from letter to letter). The analog vertical lines are the files .
Derived terms
* break rank
* close ranks
* pull rank
Verb
( en verb)
To place abreast, or in a line.
To have a ranking.
- Their defense ranked third in the league.
To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify.
* I. Watts
- Ranking all things under general and special heads.
* Broome
- Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.
* Dr. H. More
- Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft.
(US) To take rank of; to outrank.
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reckon English
Alternative forms
* (l) (obsolete)
Verb
( en verb)
To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.
* ...then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain... --Lev. 27:18, King James Version .
- I reckoned above two hundred and fifty on the outside of the church. .
To count as in a number, rank, or series; to estimate by rank or quality; to place by estimation; to account; to esteem; to repute.
* He was reckoned among the transgressors. Luke 23:37, King James Version
* For him I reckon not in high estate. .
To charge, attribute, or adjudge to one, as having a certain quality or value.
* ...faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. Romans 4:9, King James Version.
* Without her eccentricities being reckoned to her for a crime. .
To conclude, as by an enumeration and balancing of chances; hence, to think; to suppose; -- followed by an objective clause;
* For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. --Romans 8:18, King James Version.
* Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin... --Romans 6:11, King James Version
* I reckon he won't try that again.
To make an enumeration or computation; to engage in numbering or computing.
To come to an accounting; to make up accounts; to settle; to examine and strike the balance of debt and credit; to adjust relations of desert or penalty.
* Parfay," sayst thou, sometime he reckon shall." .
Derived terms
* reckon for
* reckon on, reckon upon
* reckon with
* reckon without
Synonyms
* number
* enumerate
* compute
* calculate
* estimate
* value
* esteem
* account
* repute
See also
* calculate
* guess
References
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Anagrams
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