rank : Idioms & Phrases


flag rank

  • noun the rank of a flag officer
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high-ranking

  • adjective satellite at an elevated level in rank or importance
    upper-level; high-level.
    • a high-level official
    • a high-level corporate briefing
    • upper-level management
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higher rank

  • noun higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service
    seniority; senior status; higher status.
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higher-ranking

  • adjective satellite having a higher rank
    ranking; superior.
    • superior officer
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insignia of rank

  • noun an insignia worn on a military uniform
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kendall partial rank correlation

  • noun a nonparametric measure of partial correlation
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kendall rank correlation

  • noun a nonparametric measure of the agreement between two rankings
    Kendall's tau; tau coefficient of correlation.
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lower rank

  • noun the state of being inferior
    lower status; inferiority.
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lower-ranking

  • adjective satellite inferior in rank or status
    petty; junior-grade; lowly; subaltern; secondary.
    • the junior faculty
    • a lowly corporal
    • petty officialdom
    • a subordinate functionary
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military rank

  • noun rank in a military organization
    rating; paygrade; military rating.
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pull rank

  • to insist on one's own prerogative or plan of action, by right of a higher rank than that of one suggesting a different plan
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Rank and file

  • noun the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army)
    rank.
    • the strike was supported by the union rank and file
    • he rose from the ranks to become a colonel
  • noun people who constitute the main body of any group
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  • . (a) (Mil.) The whole body of common soldiers, including also corporals. In a more extended sense, it includes sergeants also, excepting the noncommissioned staff. analogously, the lowest ranking members of any organization (b) See under 1st File.
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Rank modus

  • (Law), an excessive and unreasonable modus. See Modus, 3.
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rank order

  • noun an arrangement according to rank
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rank-difference correlation

  • noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
    rank-difference correlation; rank-difference correlation coefficient; rank-order correlation.
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rank-difference correlation coefficient

  • noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
    rank-difference correlation; rank-difference correlation coefficient; rank-order correlation.
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rank-order correlation

  • noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
    rank-difference correlation; rank-difference correlation coefficient; rank-order correlation.
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rank-order correlation coefficient

  • noun the most commonly used method of computing a correlation coefficient between the ranks of scores on two variables
    rank-difference correlation; rank-difference correlation coefficient; rank-order correlation.
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rank-smelling

  • adjective satellite having an offensive rancid odor
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Rear rank

  • (Mil.), the rank or line of a body of troops which is in the rear, or last in order.
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social rank

  • noun position in a social hierarchy
    rank; social station; social status.
    • the British are more aware of social status than Americans are
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taxi rank

  • noun a place where taxis park while awaiting customers
    taxistand; cabstand.
    • in England the place where taxis wait to be hired is called a `taxi rank'
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The ranks

  • the order or grade of common soldiers; as, to reduce a noncommissioned officer to the ranks.
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To fill the ranks

  • to supply the whole number, or a competent number.
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To set (the iron of a plane, etc.) rank

  • to set so as to take off a thick shaving. Moxon.
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To take rank of

  • to have precedence over, or to have the right of taking a higher place than.
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two-ranked

Two"-ranked` adjective
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  1. (Bot.) Alternately disposed on exactly opposite sides of the stem so as to from two ranks; distichous.
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