ranks

Noun

rank (countable and uncountable, plural ranks)

1. A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers.
   • The front rank kneeled to reload while the second rank fired over their heads.

   Antonyms:

   file

2. One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number).

   Antonyms:

   file

3. The value of a playing card.
   • The ranks are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace.
4. In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal.
5. One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, popularity, or quality.
   • Based on your test scores, you have a rank of 23.
6. The level of one's position in a class-based society.

   Synonyms:

   condition

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