RANK

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rank¹ I. substantiv

1. rând, linie, şir.

2. (mil.) rând, front, şir;

the ranks, the rank and file a) soldaţii de rând; b) membrii de rând ai unui partid sau ai altei organizaţii; c) oamenii simpli, masele;

to break ranks a rupe rândurile, a ieşi din front;

to fall into rank a se alinia;

to close the ranks a strânge rândurile;

to rise from the ranks a) a trece în rândul ofiţerilor; b) (fam.) a răzbi în lume.

3. (la şah) câmp.

4. clasă, pătură socială;

rank and fashion înalta societate, aristocraţia;

a person of rank un om de lume.

5. titlu, stare;

rank of baron rang de baron.

6. categorie, rang, clasă;

a poet of the highest rank un poet de prima clasă.

7. (muz.) şirul ţevilor de orgă.

8. (mat.) grad.

rank¹ II. verb A. tranzitiv

1. a (o)rândui, a aranja.

2. a aprecia;

I rank his abilities very high apreciez foarte mult capacitatea sa.

3. (mil.) a primi un rang mai mare decât.

4. a ataşa, a adăuga.

rank¹ II. verb B. intranzitiv

1. a ocupa o funcţie;

to rank high a ocupa o funcţie înaltă.

2. to rank among a se număra printre;

to rank with a avea poziţia de, a fi egal cu;

a general ranks with an admiral un general este egal cu un amiral;

I would not rank with him n-aş vrea să fiu alături de el.

rank² I. adjectiv

1. tare, viguros, puternic.

2. (despre plante) rodnic, îmbelşugat, abundent, bogat.

3. acoperit cu buruieni, năpădit de buruieni.

4. (despre pământ) mănos, fertil.

5. rânced; cu miros urât;

to smell rank a duhni.

6. stricat, ruinat, decăzut.

7. (fig.) respingător, cinic, grosolan, mojic.

8. (jur.) nemăsurat, excesiv, extrem.

9. evident, notoriu.

10. care taie adânc, care intră adânc.

rank² II. adverb

1. zdravăn, robust.

2. cu violenţă, violent.

3. flagrant, grosolan.

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

His rank in society I would alter if I could, which is saying a great deal I assure you, Emma.

(Emma, de Jane Austen)

“Close up the ranks!” cried Aylward.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In all ranks of life and in every part of the country the feeling was the same.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He then led me to the frame, about the sides, whereof all his pupils stood in ranks.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

Oh, it was rank nonsense about some queer animals he had discovered.

(The Lost World, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

What his mother really is we cannot know; but, from Fanny's occasional mention of her conduct and opinions, we have never been disposed to think her amiable; and I am very much mistaken if Edward is not himself aware that there would be many difficulties in his way, if he were to wish to marry a woman who had not either a great fortune or high rank.

(Sense and Sensibility, de Jane Austen)

When the news reached Leghorn that Felix was deprived of his wealth and rank, the merchant commanded his daughter to think no more of her lover, but to prepare to return to her native country.

(Frankenstein, de Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

She had a cultivated mind, and was, generally speaking, rational and consistent; but she had prejudices on the side of ancestry; she had a value for rank and consequence, which blinded her a little to the faults of those who possessed them.

(Persuasion, de Jane Austen)

Running in among them to swell the ranks, I was very near the chaise when it rolled away; and I had a lively impression made upon me, in the midst of the noise and dust, of having seen Mr. Jack Maldon rattle past with an agitated face, and something cherry-coloured in his hand.

(David Copperfield, de Charles Dickens)

We must break their ranks and set them farther apart.

(The White Company, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

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