Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to rank
Participle: ranked
Gerund: ranking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | rank |
| you | rank |
| he;she;it | ranks |
| we | rank |
| you | rank |
| they | rank |
Perfect
| I | have ranked |
| you | have ranked |
| he;she;it | has ranked |
| we | have ranked |
| you | have ranked |
| they | have ranked |
Past
| I | ranked |
| you | ranked |
| he;she;it | ranked |
| we | ranked |
| you | ranked |
| they | ranked |
Pluperfect
| I | had ranked |
| you | had ranked |
| he;she;it | had ranked |
| we | had ranked |
| you | had ranked |
| they | had ranked |
Future
| I | will rank |
| you | will rank |
| he;she;it | will rank |
| we | will rank |
| you | will rank |
| they | will rank |
Future Perfect
| I | will have ranked |
| you | will have ranked |
| he;she;it | will have ranked |
| we | will have ranked |
| you | will have ranked |
| they | will have ranked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | rank |
| you | rank |
| he;she;it | rank |
| we | rank |
| you | rank |
| they | rank |
Perfect
| I | have ranked |
| you | have ranked |
| he;she;it | have ranked |
| we | have ranked |
| you | have ranked |
| they | have ranked |
Imperfect
| I | ranked |
| you | ranked |
| he;she;it | ranked |
| we | ranked |
| you | ranked |
| they | ranked |
Pluperfect
| I | had ranked |
| you | had ranked |
| he;she;it | had ranked |
| we | had ranked |
| you | had ranked |
| they | had ranked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would rank |
| you | would rank |
| he;she;it | would rank |
| we | would rank |
| you | would rank |
| they | would rank |
Perfect
| I | would have ranked |
| you | would have ranked |
| he;she;it | would have ranked |
| we | would have ranked |
| you | would have ranked |
| they | would have ranked |
Imperative
| you | rank |
| we | Let's rank |
| you | rank |
Verbs conjugated like 'rank'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'rank'
bank,
brank,
crank,
dank,
frank,
gank,
hank,
lank,
mank,
prank,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. early 14c., from O.Fr.
ranc, from Frankish
*hring (cf. O.H.G.
hring "circle, ring"), from P.Gmc.
*khrengaz "circle, ring" (see ring). Meaning "social position" is from c.1430; the verb sense of "put in order, classify" is from 1592.
Rank and file is 1598, in reference to soldiers marching in formation, generalized to "common soldiers" (1796) and "common people" (1860). The verb meaning "to arrange things in order" is from 1590.
2. From Middle English rank (“line, row”), from Old French ranc, rang, reng (“line, row, rank”) (Modern French rang), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”). Displaced native Old English hād (“rank, status”).
3. Akin to Old High German (h)ring, Old Frisian hring, Old English hring, hrincg (“ring”), Old Norse hringr (“ring, circle, queue, sword; ship”). Doublet of ring and rink.
Verbs referencing "rank"
English
ranch, Finnish with old forms
rankata.
Sample Sentences
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She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, / Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. / […] / His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes / Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnovves vvhere he feeds / His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants. [1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], verso:]
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Their defense ranked third in the league.
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I vex my heart with fancies dim: / He still outstript me in the race; / It was but unity of place / That made me dream I rank’d with him. [1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XLI”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 64:]
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Ranking all things under general and special heads. [1725, Isaac Watts, Logick: Or, The Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth, […], 2nd edition, London: […] John Clark and Richard Hett, […], Emanuel Matthews, […], and Richard Ford, […], published 1726, →OCLC:]
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Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers. [1725–1726, Homer, “(please specify the book or chapter of the Odyssey)”, in [William Broome, Elijah Fenton, Alexander Pope], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:]
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Heresy [is] ranked with idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, murders, and other sins of the flesh. [1667, attributed to Richard Allestree, The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety. […], London: […] R. Norton for T. Garthwait, […], →OCLC:]
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From time to time the coaches of the Lötschberg Railway itself, which in comfort and décor can rank with the finest in Europe today, travel far from the frontiers of Switzerland on through workings such as these. [1960 December, Cecil J. Allen, “Operating a mountain main line: the Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon: Part One”, in Trains Illustrated, page 743:]