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Noun rank has 5 senses
- rank - a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another; "the entrance was guarded by ranks of policemen"
--1 is a kind of line
--1 has member: end man
- rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority"
--2 is a kind of status, position
--2 has particulars:
- rank and file, rank - the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army); "the strike was supported by the union rank and file"; "he rose from the ranks to become a colonel"
--3 is a kind of force, personnel
--3 has members: enlisted man
- social station, social status, social rank, rank - position in a social hierarchy; "the British are more aware of social status than Americans are"
--4 is a kind of status, position
--4 has particulars: place, station; quality
- membership, rank - the body of members of an organization or group; "they polled their membership"; "they found dissension in their own ranks"; "he joined the ranks of the unemployed"
--5 is a kind of body
--5 is a member of organization, organisation
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