Definition of "ranks" []

• Plural form of rank. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rank. (verb)

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• "When it comes to soccer pioneers in the U.S., his name ranks right up there."
• "The title ranks sixth in this week's Nintendo DS software sales at Amazon."
• "The only thing standing between the governments police funding scandal and revolt within the ranks is the insistence by senior officers that the massive funding cuts are actually just ‘challenging gaps’."