The General Assembly welcomed five new members to its ranks.
There was trouble within the ranks of the media too.
she soon joined the ranks of successful business leaders
2. military
the ordinary members of an organization, esp the armed forces
Top military leaders say there have been reports of demoralization in the ranks.
a senior officer who had risen from the ranks
Most store managers worked their way up through the ranks.
3. break ranks
4. close ranks
Examples of 'ranks' in a sentence
ranks
The trees had closed ranks, the great boles a solid wall blocking out even a glimmer of daylight from the open ground.
Innes, Hammond HIGH STAND (2002)
In the Defenders, the officers would always close ranks around their own.
Jennifer Fallon TREASON KEEP (2002)
All related terms of 'ranks'
rank
Someone's rank is the position or grade that they have in an organization.
break ranks
to disobey the instructions of a group or organization of which you are a member, and express your own opinion
close ranks
to support the other members of a group totally and oppose any criticism or attacks from outside
lower ranks
→ the lower ranks
other ranks
(in the armed forces) all those who do not hold a commissioned rank
upper ranks
→ the upper ranks
to break ranks
If you say that a member of a group or organization breaks ranks , you mean that they disobey the instructions of their group or organization.
to close ranks
If you say that the members of a group close ranks , you mean that they are supporting each other only because their group is being criticized .
signed-ranks test
a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
the lower ranks
people who have a low rank in a military organization
the upper ranks
the higher divisions of the armed forces
cab rank
an area, often specially designated, where taxis wait to pick up passengers
flag rank
the rank of a flag officer
taxi rank
A taxi rank is a place where taxis wait for passengers , for example at an airport or outside a station .
class rank
a student's rank among others of the same year based on a numeric grade point average
field rank
the rank of major , lieutenant colonel , or colonel
academic rank
the rank held by members of academic staff having titles such as professor , associate professor, assistant professor, instructor etc
substantive rank
a permanent rank in the armed services obtained by length of service, selection , etc
join the ranks of X, join sb's ranks to join the ranks
If you experience something, usually something bad , that other people have experienced, you can say that you have joined their ranks .
Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-ranks test
a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values
Wilcoxon test
a statistical test for the relative size of the scores of the same or matched subjects under two experimental conditions by comparing the distributions for positive and negative differences of the ranks of their absolute values