rank

/raŋk/

US pronunciation

American sound/raŋk/

rank

Syllables: 1 syllable
Stress: One strong syllable
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Clear final sound

US voice -> rank

Myanmar meaning

(n) ပစ္စည်းတန်း။ လူတန်း။ တန်းစီထားသည့်စစ်သားများ။ ရာထူးအဆင့်အတန်း။ (v) တန်းများအလိုက်ထားသည်။ အဆင့်အတန်းရှိသည်။

Full entry

rank¹ /ræŋk/ n

၁။ [C, U] အဆင့်အတန်း။ အဆင့်။ a painter of the first/ top rank (ie one of the very best) ❍ people of (high) rank ❍ Britain is no longer in the front rank of European powers. See also RANKING
၂။ [C, U] ရာထူး။ အဆင့်။ be promoted to the rank of captain ❍ officers of high rank ❍ military ranks ❍ The unit consisted of 5 officers and 40 other ranks (ie soldiers who were not officers).
၃။ (က) [C] တန်းစီထားသော တပ်၊ ရဲတပ်ဖွဲ့ဝင်များ။ ranks of marching infantry ❍ keep/ break ranks (ie remain/ fail to remain in line). (ခ) the ranks [pl] အရာရှိ မဟုတ်သူများ။ စစ်သည်။ join/ serve in the ranks ❍ rise from the ranks (ie be made an officer after serving as an ordinary soldier). (ဂ) လူတန်းစား။ အလွှာ။ (fig ) join the ranks of the unemployed (ie become unemployed).
၄။ [C] အတန်း။ fir trees in serried ranks ❍ Take the taxi at the head of the rank (ie the first in the line). See also TAXI RANK
v (not used in the continuous tenses)
၁။ အဆင့်အတန်း သတ်မှတ်သည်။ အရာထားသည်။ I rank her achievement very highly. ❍ I rank her among/ alongside the country's best writers. ❍ Only four players are ranked above him.
၂။ (တစ်စုံတစ်ရာ) အဆင့်အတန်းရှိသည်။ Her work ranks with the best of the decade. ❍ He currently ranks second in the world. ❍ (esp US ) You just don't rank! See also HIGH-RANKING
❏ break ranks [IDM ] ခွဲထွက်သည်။ ကျောခိုင်းသည်။ လက်တွဲဖြုတ်သည်။ Large numbers of MPs felt compelled to break ranks over the issue.
❏ the rank and file n [Gp]
၁။ အရာရှိမဟုတ်သူ စစ်သည်များ။
၂။ အောက်ခြေထု။ the rank and file of the workforce ❍ rank-and-file workers/ members/ supporters.
❏ ranking officer n [sing] (US ) (အရာရှိတစ်စုတွင်) ရာထူးအဆင့်အကြီးဆုံး အရာရှိ။

rank² /ræŋk/ adj

၁။ အုန်အောက်သော။ the rank smell of rotting vegetation.
၂။ (esp derog ) သက်သက်။ (ရှေး)စတေ။ စစ်စစ်။ a rank beginner ❍ rank insolence/ stupidity/ nonsense ❍ The winning horse was a rank outsider.
၃။ ထူပိန်းနေအောင် ပေါက်သော။ rank grass.

More examples

Her rank when she retired was captain.
[rank of] : He joined in 1998, and quickly rose to the rank of inspector.
[senior/junior rank] : Let me speak to an officer of more senior rank.
[rank of] : She had reached the rank of junior minister by the time she was 30.
In the past, dress, speech, and table manners indicated social rank.
People of high rank
They marched in ranks of five.
Rows of women seated at tidy ranks of computers
This reversal of policy touched off a violent dispute within the party ranks.
[join the ranks (of something)] : Another Republican senator joins the ranks of the presidential hopefuls.
[swell the ranks] : The organization is looking for young people to swell their ranks.
[be reduced to the ranks] : At the court-martial Captain Bomford was reduced to the ranks.

Synonyms

grade, position, level, status, order, title, class, category, echelon, absolute, abundant, abusive, align, ancestry, antecede, arrange, arrant, array, assign, assort, atrocious, authority, bad, bald, be classed, be worth, belong, birth, blatant, blood, button down, cachet, capacity, capital, caste, categorize, circumstance, classification, classify, coarse, column, come first, complete, condition, consequence, conspicuous, consummate, count among, crass, dank, degree, dense, dignity, dirty, disagreeable, disgusting, dispose, distinction, division, downright, egregious, establish, estate, esteem, estimate, evaluate, evil-smelling, excessive, extravagant, extreme, exuberant, family, feculent, fecund, fertile, fetid, file, filthy, fix, flagrant, flourishing, footing, forerun, formation, foul, fructiferous, funky, fusty, gamy, give precedence, glaring, go ahead of, go before, graveolent, gross, group, grown, have the advantage, hierarchy, high, high-growing, humid, include, indecent, judge, junglelike, lavish, line, list, loathsome, locate, lush, luxuriant, luxurious, marshal, mephitic, moldy, musty, nasty, nauseating, nobility, noisome, note, noticeable, noxious, obnoxious, obscene, off, offensive, olid, organize, outrageous, outrank, outright, outstanding, overabundant, overgrown, paramountcy, parentage, pecking order, pedigree, peg, perfect, pigeonhole, place, place in formation, positive, precede, primacy, privilege, productive, profuse, prolific, pungent, put, put away, put down as, put down for, put in line, putrescent

Antonyms

aromatic, clean, confuse, depart, disarrange, disorder, disorganization, disorganize, displace, disturb, forget, fresh, good, hidden, imperfect, incomplete, indefinite, inferior, insignificance, leave, lose, lowliness, mess up, mild, minimal, mix up, moderate, moral, move, nice, part, partial, perfumed, pleasant, pleasing, pure, rare, scarce, scatter, sparse, sweet, uncertain, unfinished, unimportance, unsettle

Cross references

grade position level status order title class category echelon absolute abundant abusive align ancestry antecede arrange arrant array assign assort atrocious authority bad bald be classed be worth belong birth