rank

  • 71rank as — UK US rank as Phrasal Verb with rank({{}}/ræŋk/ verb ► [I or T] to fit or be given a particular description: rank as sth »The storms rank as one of the worst insurance disasters ever to hit Europe. be ranked as sth »We have been ranked as one of… …

    Financial and business terms

  • 72Rank — 1. Niederdeutscher Übername zu mnd. rank »lang und dünn, schlank«. 2. Übername zu fnhd. rank »Wendung, Ausflucht, List«. 3. Wohnstättenname zu dem oberdeutschen Flurnamen Rank (»Biegung, Wegkrümmung«). 4. Herkunftsname zu dem Ortsnamen Rank… …

    Wörterbuch der deutschen familiennamen

  • 73rank — 01. In an examination of the quality of life in different countries, the United Nations has consistently [ranked] Norway among the best places to live in the world. 02. The U.S. national soccer team is currently [ranked] about 12th in the world.… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 74rank — English has two words rank. The one meaning ‘row, line’ [16], and hence ‘position of seniority’, was borrowed from Old French ranc (source also of English range), which goes back via Frankish *hring to a prehistoric Germanic *khrengaz ‘circle,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 75rank — I. adj 1. unpleasant. The standard adjective (its original meaning was overbearing or excessively strong) has been adopted as an all purpose vogue term of disapproval by teenagers in the USA and in Britain, where it probably originated in black… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 76rank — English has two words rank. The one meaning ‘row, line’ [16], and hence ‘position of seniority’, was borrowed from Old French ranc (source also of English range), which goes back via Frankish *hring to a prehistoric Germanic *khrengaz ‘circle,… …

    Word origins

  • 77rank — Synonyms and related words: English horn, IC analysis, Indian file, KP, abject, abominable, absolute, abundant, adjust, align, alphabetize, analyze, ancestry, antecede, appositive, appraise, appreciate, aristocracy, aristocraticalness, army, army …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 78rank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. lush, luxuriant, vigorous; coarse; malodorous, fetid, rancid, offensive; arrant, extreme, gross. n. row, line; position, caste, quality; status, grade, standing, footing. See repute, badness, class …

    English dictionary for students

  • 79Rank — Great. Cybill is a rank dancer. The waterslides at Bell s Amusement Park are rank …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 80Rank — Great. Cybill is a rank dancer. The waterslides at Bell s Amusement Park are rank …

    Dictionary of american slang