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the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement<attained the highest rank in Boy Scouting>Synonymsdegree, footing, level, place, position, ranking, situation, standing, station, statusRelated Wordscondition, echelon, estate, order, walk; capacity, function; rating
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high position within society<was born a woman of rank who socialized only with other members of the elite>Synonymsclass, dignity, quality, standingRelated Wordsgentility, gentleness, nobility, nobleness; grandness, highness, loftiness; distinction, precedence, preeminence, primacy; caste, position, station, status; prefermentNear Antonymsdebasement, degradation; subordinateness, subordination; baseness, commonness, inferiority, lowliness, lowness
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a series of people or things arranged side by side<rank upon rank of cavalry came thundering down the hill>— see row 1
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usually ranks plural
one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic<this book will someday join the ranks of the worldʼs great novels>— see class 2
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