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    [Noun]  | "rank" | \ ˈraŋk \


    1: relative standing or position

    2: a degree or position of dignity, eminence, or excellence : distinction

    3: high social position

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, "row, series, high social position," borrowed from Anglo-Frenchrenc, ranc "line of soldiers, jousting lists, line or rank of persons or things" (continental Old & Middle French also "position in a series or class, high social position"), going back to Old Low Franconian *hringa- "circle, ring," going back to Germanic *hrenga{mat|ring:1|};

    [Noun]  | "flag rank" 


    1: the rank of a flag officer

    Origin: 1894 ;

    [Verb]  | "rank" 


    1: to determine the relative position of : rate

    2: to arrange in lines or in a regular formation

    3: to take precedence of

    Origin: 1573 ;

     Derivative of {see: |rank:1|rank:1};

    [Verb]  | "break" | \ ˈbrāk \


    1: to separate into parts with suddenness or violence

    2: to cause (a bone) to separate into two or more pieces : fracture

    3: to fracture a bone of (a bodily part)

    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English breken, going back to Old English brecan, going back to Germanic *brekan- (whence also Old Saxon brekan "to violently separate, shatter," Old High German brehhan, Gothic brikan), going back to Indo-European *bhreg- "violently separate," whence also, with varying ablaut grades, Latin frangere (perfect frēgī) "to break, shatter" and perhaps Old Irish braigid (perfect ro-bebraig) "(s/he) farts, breaks wind";

      * Note : Regarding the vowel of frangere see: the note at {fragrant|fragrant}.;

    [Verb]  | "close" | \ ˈklōz \


    1: to move so as to bar passage through something

    2: to block against entry or passage

    3: to deny access to

    Origin: 13th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French clos-, stem of clore, from Latin claudere to shut, close; perhaps akin to Greek kleiein to close {mat|clavicle|};

    [Idiom]  | "come up from/through the ranks" 


    1: to move up (in rank or status)

    [Idiom]  | "rise through the ranks" 


    1: to begin a career (with a company or institution) with little power or authority and gradually gain more power and authority

    [Verb]  | "ranks" 


    1: to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes;


      * e.g., " ... my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs "



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    2: to arrange or assign according to type;


      * e.g., " ... most critics would rank him among our best actors "



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    [Verb]  | "rank" 


    1: to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes;


      * e.g., " ... my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs "



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    2: to arrange or assign according to type;


      * e.g., " ... most critics would rank him among our best actors "



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    [Verb]  | "break" 


    1: to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly;


      * e.g., " ... hated telling her that I had broken her favorite glass vase "




    2: to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end;


      * e.g., " ... the final vote broke the deadlock "




    3: to bring to a lower grade or rank;


      * e.g., " ... the captain was broken to lieutenant commander for disobeying a direct order from his group commander "




    [Noun]  | "ranks" 


    1: one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic;


      * e.g., " ... this book will someday join the ranks of the world's great novels "



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    [Noun]  | "rank" 


    1: the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement;


      * e.g., " ... attained the highest rank in the Freemasons "



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    2: high position within society;


      * e.g., " ... remembered as a woman of rank who socialized only with other members of the elite "



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    3: a series of people or things arranged side by side;


      * e.g., " ... rank upon rank of cavalry came thundering down the hill "



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    [Phrase]  | "close ranks" 


    1: to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members;


      * e.g., " ... Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools. "




    [Phrase]  | "closed ranks" 


    1: to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members;


      * e.g., " ... Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools. "




    [Phrase]  | "closes ranks" 


    1: to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members;


      * e.g., " ... Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools. "




    [Phrase]  | "closing ranks" 


    1: to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members;


      * e.g., " ... Members of the community closed ranks to rally for better schools. "




     [ "S-Rank" ]

    1: Something that is so superlative that it cannot be described by any traditional ranking system. It is A++, 11/10, six stars, and three thumbs up. In rare cases, something can be so exemplary that it becomes SS or even SSS-rank.

      * e.g.,  ...  The atom bomb S-Ranked Hiroshima. 

     [ "S-Rank" ]

    2: Many people have wondered what the S stands for. Special? Super? Schwarzenegger? No one knows for sure.

      * e.g.,  ...  The Spartans S-Ranked the battle of Thermopylae. (Even though they lost) 

     [ "S-Rank" ]

    3: Comes from Japanese video games, like the Devil May Cry series, where A-rank just wasn't good enough.

      * e.g.,  ...  Michael Phelps scored an S-Rank combo on the 2008 Olympics. 

     [ "S rank" ]

    1: A perfection in a subject. Flawless in whatever it is your doing. Getting a higher percentage or always at the top 100% rate.

      * e.g.,  ... Getting an A+ rank is commonly obtained by getting a 95% - 100% Getting an S rank is obtained by getting 100% or more (usually by bonus) 

     [ "S-Rank" ]

    1: Something Pizza Tower players going for a P-Rank despise.

      * e.g.,  ... Person 1: What happened to Billy? I heard a scream. Person 2: He accidentally went in the exit gate on a P-Rank run, getting him a S-Rank, so he punched a hole through his monitor. 

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