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lower rank — noun the state of being inferior (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑inferiority, ↑lower status • Derivationally related forms: ↑inferior (for: ↑inferiority) • Hype … Useful english dictionary
Rank theory of depression — Rank theory is an evolutionary theory of depression, developed by Anthony Stevens and John Price, and proposes that depression promotes the survival of our genes. It is an adaptive response to losing status (rank) and losing confidence in your… … Wikipedia
rank — ▪ I. rank rank 1 [ræŋk] noun [countable] 1. a particular level of job in an organization, especially a government organization or the army: • His father retired with the rank of major. • Knight Ridder named Maxwell King, 46, to succeed Mr.… … Financial and business terms
rank — /ræŋk/ noun a position in a company or an organisation, especially one which shows how important someone is relative to others ● All managers are of equal rank. ● Promotion means moving up from a lower rank. ♦ in rank order in order according to… … Dictionary of banking and finance
rank scale — Ling. (in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme. * * * … Universalium
rank scale — Ling. (in systemic linguistics) a hierarchical ordering of grammatical units such that a unit of a given rank normally consists of units of the next lower rank, as, in English, the ordering sentence, clause, group or phrase, word, morpheme … Useful english dictionary
lower status — noun the state of being inferior • Syn: ↑inferiority, ↑lower rank • Derivationally related forms: ↑inferior (for: ↑inferiority) • Hypernyms: ↑low status … Useful english dictionary
Rank-size distribution — or the rank size rule (or law) describes the remarkable regularity in many phenomena including the distribution of city sizes around the world, sizes of businesses, particle sizes (such as sand), lengths of rivers, frequencies of word usage,… … Wikipedia
lower court — low·er court n: a court whose decisions are subject to review or to appeal to a higher court Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. lower court … Law dictionary
lower in rank — index demote, inferior (lower in position), subaltern, subordinate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
