ಅರ್ಥ : A row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen.
ಅರ್ಥ : Relative status.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
His salary was determined by his rank and seniority.
ಅರ್ಥ : The ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army).
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The strike was supported by the union rank and file.
He rose from the ranks to become a colonel.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : rank and file
ಅರ್ಥ : Position in a social hierarchy.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
The British are more aware of social status than Americans are.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : social rank, social station, social status
ಅರ್ಥ : The body of members of an organization or group.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
They polled their membership.
They found dissension in their own ranks.
He joined the ranks of the unemployed.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : membership
ಅರ್ಥ : Take or have a position relative to others.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
This painting ranks among the best in the Western World.
ಅರ್ಥ : Take precedence or surpass others in rank.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : outrank
ಅರ್ಥ : Very fertile. Producing profuse growth.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Rank earth.
ಅರ್ಥ : Very offensive in smell or taste.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
A rank cigar.
ಅರ್ಥ : Complete and without restriction or qualification. Sometimes used informally as intensifiers.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
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.
ಸಮಾನಾರ್ಥಕ : absolute, downright, out-and-out, right-down, sheer
ಅರ್ಥ : Growing profusely.
ಉದಾಹರಣೆ :
Rank jungle vegetation.