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rank
A	noun
	1	rank and file, rank
			the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚force; personnel ╚rank and file, rank
	2	membership, rank
			the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚gathering; assemblage ╚body ╚membership, rank
	3	rank
			a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚arrangement ╚formation ╚line ╚rank
	4	social station, social status, social rank, rank
			position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
		Category Tree: state ╚status; position ╚social station, social status, social rank, rank ╚quality ╚place; station
	5	rank
			relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
		Category Tree: state ╚status; position ╚rank ╚eleventh ╚tenth ╚ninth ╚eighth ╚seventh ╚sixth ╚fifth ╚fourth ╚third ╚second ╚first; number one
B	verb
	1	rate, rank, range, order, grade, place
			assign a rank or rating to; "how would you rank these students?"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚judge ╚rate, rank, range, order, grade, place ╚seed ╚shortlist ╚superordinate
	2	rank
			take or have a position relative to others; "This painting ranks among the best in the Western World"
		Category Tree: be ╚rank ╚come ╚place; come in; come out
	3	rank, outrank
			take precedence or surpass others in rank
		Category Tree: excel; stand out; surpass ╚rank, outrank
C	adjective
	1	rank
			growing profusely; "rank jungle vegetation"

	2	absolute, downright, out-and-out(a), rank(a), right-down, sheer(a)
			complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers; "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

	3	crying(a), egregious, flagrant, glaring, gross, rank
			conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible; "a crying shame"; "an egregious lie"; "flagrant violation of human rights"; "a glaring error"; "gross ineptitude"; "gross injustice"; "rank treachery"

	4	rank
			very fertile; producing profuse growth; "rank earth"

	5	rank
			very offensive in smell or taste; "a rank cigar"

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