Word.ws English Dictionary

keeping rank

keeping rank is the present participle and gerund of keep rank.

Meaning of keep rank

Verb

keep rank (third-person singular simple present keeps rank, present participle keeping rank, simple past and past participle kept rank)

  1. To remain in line.

Questions about keeping rank

What is keeping rank the present participle and gerund of?
Keeping rank is the present participle and gerund of keep rank.

Words near keeping rank in the dictionary

  1. keeping order
  2. keeping out
  3. keeping out of
  4. keeping pace
  5. keeping quiet
  6. keeping rank
  7. keeping room
  8. keeping rooms
  9. keeping schtum
  10. keeping score
  11. keeping shtum

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: keeping rank (page history and authors); keep rank (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “keeping rank.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/keeping_rank. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.