ranks in English

noun

1

a position in the hierarchy of the armed forces.

an army officer of fairly high rank

2

a single line of soldiers or police officers drawn up abreast.

The young king looked out upon the thousands of soldiers lined in ranks , the curved edges of their swords flashing in the morning light.

synonyms: row, line, file, column, string, train, procession

3

the value or the order of the largest nonzero determinant of a given matrix.

The rigidity of a matrix is the number of entries in a matrix which need to be changed in order to bring the rank of the matrix down to a certain value.

verb

1

give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.

rank them in order of preference

synonyms: classify, class, categorize, rate, grade, bracket, group, pigeonhole, designate, catalog, file, list

2

arrange in a rank or ranks.

the tents were ranked in orderly rows

synonyms: prioritize, order, organize, arrange, list, triage

noun

position, level, grade, echelon, class, status, standing, station
high standing, blue blood, high birth, nobility, aristocracy, eminence, distinction, prestige, prominence, influence, consequence, power
row, line, file, column, string, train, procession
social rank, social status
membership
rank and file

verb

classify, prioritize, have a rank, order, outrank
classify, class, categorize, rate, grade, bracket, group, pigeonhole, designate, catalog, file, list
prioritize, order, organize, arrange, list, triage
have a rank, be graded, have a status, be classed, be classified, be categorized, belong
order, place, range, rate, grade
outrank

Use "ranks" in a sentence

1. Join our ranks.

2. Form ranks, you maggots.

3. Come join the ranks!

4. Rapid rise through the ranks.

5. The other ranks are affected, counter clockwise, to an angle whose value is 360/number of ranks.

6. EdinBurghmedia.com ranks # 365,040 in USA

7. Our ranks have been decimated.

8. Search among your ranks, Chuza.

9. Badgerbadgerbadger ranks 32nd among Cartoon sites

10. There is also an exaggerated demarcation of social distance between ranks, and deferential behavior by subordinate ranks toward superiors.

11. Browze ranks 40th among Marketplace sites.

12. Bark ranks 10th among Marketing sites.

13. Biblio ranks 16th among Textbooks sites.

14. Bantamweight (130.0-138.0 lbs) fighter ranks

15. The others do not break ranks.

16. Biblio ranks 48th among Textbooks sites.

17. Comgateway ranks 35th among Shipping sites.

18. Backstage ranks 2nd among Talent Agency sites.

19. Bunches ranks 123rd among Flower Delivery sites.

20. Atomy Ranks 11th in Global Direct Sales

21. 17 Can you enter the pioneer ranks?

22. Discontent among junior ranks was rapidly spreading.

23. Women’s Bantamweight (129-139.9 lbs) fighter ranks

24. Airy ranks 68th among Women's Clothing sites.

25. Talking about he's got names and ranks.

26. A lieutenant colonel ranks above a major.

27. 5 They joined the ranks of the jobless.

28. In fact, subaltern means the ‘Bottommost ranks’

29. Amuze ranks 173rd among Women's Clothing sites.

30. Their ranks are swelling in the bull market.

31. They fired at random into the enemy ranks.

32. Dole now joins the ranks fo the unencumbered.

33. He ranks as high as any in Rome!

34. 5 Discontent among junior ranks was rapidly spreading.

35. Bleeping Computer ranks 13th among Tech Support sites.

36. Because I have an agent within Lorenzo's ranks.

37. Not'cause our ranks tanked, but'cause our friend flunked

38. A captain ranks a commander in the navy.

39. She ranks foremost among the country's leading conductors.

40. She currently is/ranks ninth in the world.

41. Are you trying to create chaos in the ranks?

42. Have you seriously considered entering the regular pioneer ranks?

43. Can he heal the deep divisions among Republican ranks?

44. Recent defeats had caused dissension in the army ranks.

45. There were many different classifications and ranks of geisha.

46. Thus, an ear with four ranks of Cupules …

47. Amirite ranks 108 of 648 in Media category

48. Breaking ranks over the AFL-CIO's top issue.

49. Party ranks have swelled by nearly 300 000.

50. Consecrate may even be cast upon magical sanctified weapons if the caster's Paladin Spell ranks + Spiritual Lore, Blessing ranks = 15 or greater