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I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.
Smedley Butler

Meaning of "ranks" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF RANKS

ranks  [ræŋks] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RANKS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ranks is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RANKS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ranks in the English dictionary

The definition of ranks in the dictionary is the people who belong to a group or organization. Other definition of ranks is the ordinary members of an organization, esp the armed forces.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RANKS


Banks
bæŋks
branks
bræŋks
Fairbanks
ˈfɛəˌbæŋks
Hanks
hæŋks
Lancs
læŋks
lanx
læŋks
Manx
mæŋks
phalanx
ˈfælæŋks
spindleshanks
ˈspɪndəlˌʃæŋks
thanks
θæŋks
thanx
θæŋks

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RANKS

rank
rank and file
rank and filer
rank-and-file
ranker
Rankin
Rankine cycle
Rankine scale
ranking
rankings
rankish
rankism
rankist
rankle
rankless
rankly
rankness
rankshift
rankshifted

WORDS THAT END LIKE RANKS

blinks
break ranks
close ranks
forty winks
golf links
Grand Banks
high jinks
hijinks
hunks
jinks
links
lower ranks
methinks
other ranks
return thanks
swimming trunks
trunks
upper ranks
vote of thanks
yonks

Synonyms and antonyms of ranks in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RANKS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «ranks» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of ranks

Translation of «ranks» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RANKS

Find out the translation of ranks to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ranks from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ranks» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

行列
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

filas
570 millions of speakers

English

ranks
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रैंकों
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صفوف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ряды
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fileiras
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পদমর্যাদার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

rangs
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pangkat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reihen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ランク
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

순위
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rangking
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hàng ngũ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அணிகளில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मतभेद विसरून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

rütbeler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ranghi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szeregi
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

ряди
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rândurile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τάξεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geledere
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

leden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rekkene
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ranks

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RANKS»

The term «ranks» is very widely used and occupies the 11.177 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RANKS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ranks» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ranks» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ranks

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10 QUOTES WITH «RANKS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ranks.
1
Richard V. Allen
Jimmy Carter began his planning in the early summer of 1976, Ronald Reagan a year prior. The Clinton Administration, elected in 1992, lingered in naming its team, and as a result, took almost a year to staff its ranks.
2
Marcus Aurelius
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane.
3
Tammy Baldwin
The U.S. routinely ranks lower than other countries in health outcomes such as infant mortality.
4
Lionel Barber
Our U.S. audience is composed of globally-minded Americans, an elite category, the ones who do have passports, the decision-makers, senior ranks in the administration, senators on Capitol Hill.
5
Bruce Barton
Jesus picked up twelve men from the bottom ranks of business and forged them into an organisation that conquered the world.
6
Jacques Barzun
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle.
7
Brenda Brathwaite
At Sir-Tech I went through the ranks, almost like an apprenticeship. I was very fortunate. The industry was smaller then, and I was able to work alongside some amazing game designers.
8
Joseph Brodsky
Who included me among the ranks of the human race?
9
Smedley Butler
I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.
10
Steve Buyer
The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RANKS»

Discover the use of ranks in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ranks and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Breaking Ranks: Refusing to Serve in the West Bank and Gaza ...
These personal accounts offer new perspectives on some entrenched ideas about the situation in the Middle East. The testimony in Breaking Ranks is essential background for a full understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Ronit Chacham, 2003
2
Breaking Ranks: Iraq Veterans Speak Out against the War
Based on extensive interviews with each of the six, the book relates why they enlisted, their experiences in training and in early missions, their tours of combat, and what has happened to them since returning home.
Matthew C. Gutmann, 2010
3
How We Do Harm: A Doctor Breaks Ranks About Being Sick in ...
How We Do Harm exposes the underbelly of healthcare today—the overtreatment of the rich, the under treatment of the poor, the financial conflicts of interest that determine the care that physicians’ provide, insurance companies that ...
Otis Webb Brawley, MD, Paul Goldberg, 2012
4
Religion in the Ranks: Belief and Religious Experience in ...
Examining the changing functions of the official religious leaders in the chaplaincy as well as the place and purpose of religion in the lives of regular military personnel, Religion in the Ranks explores this question in the context of ...
Joanne Benham Rennick, 2011
5
Rising Through the Ranks: Leadership Tools and Techniques ...
As the only book of its kind, Rising through the Ranks will prepare effective leaders from local police officers to federal agents.
Mike Wynn, 2008
6
Nonparametrics: statistical methods based on ranks
All the tests discussed here are now available in a variety of statistical packages. E.L. Lehmann is Professor of Statistics Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.
Erich Leo Lehmann, H. J. M. D'Abrera, 2006
7
Rebels Within the Ranks: Psychologists' Critique of ...
This book examines the work of social and personality psychologists who in the 1930s as criticized the increasingly restrictive vision of scientific life being promoted by neo-behavioralist social scientists.
Katherine Pandora, 2002
8
Risen from the Ranks
It is my hope that this story, suggested in part by the career of an eminent American editor, may afford encouragement to such boys, and teach them that "where there is a will there is always a way."
Horatio Alger, 1st World Library, 2005
9
Ranks of Elliptic Curves and Random Matrix Theory
This comprehensive volume introduces elliptic curves and the fundamentals of modeling by a family of random matrices.
J. B. Conrey, 2007
10
From the Ranks
This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the intention of making all public domain books available in printed format again - worldwide.
Charles King, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RANKS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ranks is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Report: Tennessee ranks 36th for child well-being in the country
Although Tennessee continues to rank in the lower half of all states overall, it ranks better than all Southeastern states except Kentucky and North Carolina, 34th ... «WATE 6 On Your Side, Jul 15»
2
Montana ranks 30th in nation in child well-being
HELENA (AP) – Montana has moved up a notch in the rankings of the overall well-being of its children, but it still ranks in the bottom half of states nationally, ... «Great Falls Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Wakefield Ranks Near the Bottom of "Worst Places to Live in Mass …
A recent list published by RoadSnacks ranked the worst places to live in Massachusetts, and Wakefield came in at No. 173. Looked at another way, that means ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»
4
CBSE to come out with JEE (Main) revised rank list on July 8
CBSE has decided to come out with a revised list of All India JEE (Main) ranks on July 8 to put an end to the anxiety of the students who were left out of the ... «Hindu Business Line, Jul 15»
5
Gold's Gym Ranks First on J.D. Power Health and Fitness Center …
Gold's Gym, Dallas, ranked highest in customer satisfaction among eight national health and fitness centers, according to a report released by J.D. Power on ... «Club Industry, Jun 15»
6
JEE (Main) ranks likely to be announced today
MUMBAI: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) did not announce the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) ranks for paper I and paper II until late on ... «Times of India, Jun 15»
7
JEE Main 2015: Ranks to be released tomorrow
Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) (Main) ranks will be released tomorrow, i.e. June 25 by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The students will be ... «India Today, Jun 15»
8
Mass. ranks highly for teen driver safety
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Welcome news for parents: Massachusetts is ranked the 3rd-best state for teen drivers. A WalletHub study found Massachusetts ... «wwlp.com, Jun 15»
9
Survey: U of M's Kaler ranks 30th in pay among peers
Kaler ranked 30th in overall compensation last year among public higher-education chiefs, according to the recently released report. His total pay puts him in the ... «Minnesota Public Radio News, Jun 15»
10
State students sweep top ranks in COMEDK UGET
Of the first 10 rank holders, seven are from Karnataka; likewise, of the first 100 ranks, 76 are from the State, while of the first 1,000 ranks, 587 are from Karnataka. «The Hindu, Jun 15»

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