new vs rank

new

noun
  • A naval cadet who has just embarked on training. 

  • A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method. 

  • Things that are new. 

adv
  • Newly (especially in composition). 

  • As new; from scratch. 

verb
  • Synonym of new up 

adj
  • Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed. 

  • Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known. 

  • Recently made, or created. 

  • Of recent origin; having taken place recently. 

  • In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used. 

  • Recently arrived or appeared. 

  • Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task. 

  • Next; about to begin or recently begun. 

  • Current or later, as opposed to former. 

  • Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing. 

  • Additional; recently discovered. 

  • Newborn. 

rank

noun
  • A row of people or things organized in a grid pattern, often soldiers. 

  • A hierarchical level in an organization such as the military. 

  • One of the eight horizontal lines of squares on a chessboard (i.e., those identified by a number). 

  • The maximal number of linearly independent columns (or rows) of a matrix. 

  • The maximum quantity of D-linearly independent elements of a module (over an integral domain D). 

  • The size of any basis of a given matroid. 

  • One's position in a list sorted by a shared property such as physical location, population, or quality. 

  • The level of one's position in a class-based society. 

  • The dimensionality of an array (computing) or tensor. 

  • In a pipe organ, a set of pipes of a certain quality for which each pipe corresponds to one key or pedal. 

  • A level in a scientific taxonomy system. 

  • A category of people, such as those who share an occupation or belong to an organisation. 

verb
  • To have a ranking. 

  • To place abreast, or in a line. 

  • To take rank of; to outrank. 

  • To assign a suitable place in a class or order; to classify. 

adj
  • Strong in growth; growing with vigour or rapidity, hence, coarse or gross. 

  • Complete, used as an intensifier (usually negative, referring to incompetence). 

  • Strong to the senses; offensive; noisome. 

  • Having a very strong and bad taste or odor. 

  • Causing strong growth; producing luxuriantly; rich and fertile. 

  • Suffering from overgrowth or hypertrophy; plethoric. 

  • Strong of its kind or in character; unmitigated; virulent; thorough; utter (used of negative things). 

  • Gross, disgusting. 

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