rank
verb/ræŋk/
/ræŋk/
not used in the progressive tensesVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rank | /ræŋk/ /ræŋk/ |
| he / she / it ranks | /ræŋks/ /ræŋks/ |
| past simple ranked | /ræŋkt/ /ræŋkt/ |
| past participle ranked | /ræŋkt/ /ræŋkt/ |
| -ing form ranking | /ˈræŋkɪŋ/ /ˈræŋkɪŋ/ |
- [transitive, intransitive] to give somebody/something a particular position on a scale according to quality, importance, success, etc.; to have a position of this kind
- rank somebody/something In most Australian elections, electors are required to rank all candidates.
- rank somebody/something + adv./prep. The tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty.
- She is currently the highest ranked player in the world.
- top-ranked players
- rank somebody/something as something Forty-five per cent of respondents ranked health as their number one priority.
- rank somebody/something as doing something Voters regularly rank education as being more important than defence.
- rank + adj At the height of her career she ranked second in the world.
- rank somebody/something + adj Last year, he was ranked second in his age group.
- rank somebody/something + noun The university is ranked number one in the country for engineering.
- rank as something It certainly doesn't rank as his greatest win.
- + adv./prep. The restaurant ranks among the finest in town.
- It would certainly rank high on any list of favourite children's books.
- Health and education rank highly with voters.
- This must rank with (= be as good as) the greatest movies ever made.
- (North American English) You just don't rank (= you're not good enough).
Extra Examples- The criteria are ranked in order of importance.
- The children were ranked according to academic ability.
- It now ranks as Japan's fourth largest market.
- He ranks among the greatest boxers of all time.
- She is now ranked in the top five hockey players in Britain.
- She ranks above any other musician of her generation.
- This city ranks alongside London as one of the great tourist attractions of the world.
- This ranks with the great paintings of the 19th century.
- These subjects ranked low for most students.
- We beat a nationally ranked team.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- high
- highly
- low
- …
- above
- ahead of
- alongside
- …
- be nationally ranked
- be ranked number two, three, etc.
- rank number two, three, etc.
- …
- [transitive, usually passive] rank something to arrange objects in a line or row
give position
put in line/row
Word Originverb Middle English (in the sense ‘row of things’): from Old French ranc, of Germanic origin; related to ring
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