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Conjugation rank conjugation
How do you conjugate rank?
rank · verb
Present I rank
Positive I rank
Singular
1st person I rank
2nd person you rank
3rd person he/she/it ranks
Plural
1st person we rank
2nd person you rank
3rd person they rank
Negative I don't rank
Singular
1st person I don't rank I do not rank
2nd person you don't rank you do not rank
3rd person he/she/it doesn't rank he/she/it does not rank
Plural
1st person we don't rank we do not rank
2nd person you don't rank you do not rank
3rd person they don't rank they do not rank
Question do I rank?
Singular
1st person do I rank?
2nd person do you rank?
3rd person does he/she/it rank?
Plural
1st person do we rank?
2nd person do you rank?
3rd person do they rank?
Negative question don't I rank?
Singular
1st person don't I rank? do I not rank?
2nd person don't you rank? do you not rank?
3rd person doesn't he/she/it rank? does he/she/it not rank?
Plural
1st person don't we rank? do we not rank?
2nd person don't you rank? do you not rank?
3rd person don't they rank? do they not rank?
Past I ranked
Positive I ranked
Singular
1st person I ranked
2nd person you ranked
3rd person he/she/it ranked
Plural
1st person we ranked
2nd person you ranked
3rd person they ranked
Negative I didn't rank
Singular
1st person I didn't rank I did not rank
2nd person you didn't rank you did not rank
3rd person he/she/it didn't rank he/she/it did not rank
Plural
1st person we didn't rank we did not rank
2nd person you didn't rank you did not rank
3rd person they didn't rank they did not rank
Question did I rank?
Singular
1st person did I rank?
2nd person did you rank?
3rd person did he/she/it rank?
Plural
1st person did we rank?
2nd person did you rank?
3rd person did they rank?
Negative question didn't I rank?
Singular
1st person didn't I rank? did I not rank?
2nd person didn't you rank? did you not rank?
3rd person didn't he/she/it rank? did he/she/it not rank?
Plural
1st person didn't we rank? did we not rank?
2nd person didn't you rank? did you not rank?
3rd person didn't they rank? did they not rank?
Future I'll rank
Positive I'll rank
Singular
1st person I'll rank I will rank
2nd person you'll rank you will rank
3rd person he/she/it'll rank he/she/it will rank
Plural
1st person we'll rank we will rank
2nd person you'll rank you will rank
3rd person they'll rank they will rank
Negative I won't rank
Singular
1st person I won't rank I will not rank
2nd person you won't rank you will not rank
3rd person he/she/it won't rank he/she/it will not rank
Plural
1st person we won't rank we will not rank
2nd person you won't rank you will not rank
3rd person they won't rank they will not rank
Question will I rank?
Singular
1st person will I rank?
2nd person will you rank?
3rd person will he/she/it rank?
Plural
1st person will we rank?
2nd person will you rank?
3rd person will they rank?
Negative question won't I rank?
Singular
1st person won't I rank? will I not rank?
2nd person won't you rank? will you not rank?
3rd person won't he/she/it rank? will he/she/it not rank?
Plural
1st person won't we rank? will we not rank?
2nd person won't you rank? will you not rank?
3rd person won't they rank? will they not rank?
Conditional I'd rank
Positive I'd rank
Singular
1st person I'd rank I would rank
2nd person you'd rank you would rank
3rd person he/she/it'd rank he/she/it would rank
Plural
1st person we'd rank we would rank
2nd person you'd rank you would rank
3rd person they'd rank they would rank
Negative I wouldn't rank
Singular
1st person I wouldn't rank I would not rank
2nd person you wouldn't rank you would not rank
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't rank he/she/it would not rank
Plural
1st person we wouldn't rank we would not rank
2nd person you wouldn't rank you would not rank
3rd person they wouldn't rank they would not rank
Question would I rank?
Singular
1st person would I rank?
2nd person would you rank?
3rd person would he/she/it rank?
Plural
1st person would we rank?
2nd person would you rank?
3rd person would they rank?
Negative question wouldn't I rank?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I rank? would I not rank?
2nd person wouldn't you rank? would you not rank?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it rank? would he/she/it not rank?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we rank? would we not rank?
2nd person wouldn't you rank? would you not rank?
3rd person wouldn't they rank? would they not rank?
Present continuous I'm ranking
Positive I'm ranking
Singular
1st person I'm ranking I am ranking
2nd person you're ranking you are ranking
3rd person he/she/it's ranking he/she/it is ranking
Plural
1st person we're ranking we are ranking
2nd person you're ranking you are ranking
3rd person they're ranking they are ranking
Negative I'm not ranking
Singular
1st person I'm not ranking I am not ranking
2nd person you aren't ranking you're not ranking you are not ranking
3rd person he/she/it isn't ranking he/she/it's not ranking he/she/it is not ranking
Plural
1st person we aren't ranking we're not ranking we are not ranking
2nd person you aren't ranking you're not ranking you are not ranking
3rd person they aren't ranking they're not ranking they are not ranking
Question am I ranking?
Singular
1st person am I ranking?
2nd person are you ranking?
3rd person is he/she/it ranking?
Plural
1st person are we ranking?
2nd person are you ranking?
3rd person are they ranking?
Negative question aren't I ranking?
Singular
1st person aren't I ranking? am I not ranking?
2nd person aren't you ranking? are you not ranking?
3rd person isn't he/she/it ranking? is he/she/it not ranking?
Plural
1st person aren't we ranking? are we not ranking?
2nd person aren't you ranking? are you not ranking?
3rd person aren't they ranking? are they not ranking?
Past continuous I was ranking
Positive I was ranking
Singular
1st person I was ranking
2nd person you were ranking
3rd person he/she/it was ranking
Plural
1st person we were ranking
2nd person you were ranking
3rd person they were ranking
Negative I wasn't ranking
Singular
1st person I wasn't ranking I was not ranking
2nd person you weren't ranking you were not ranking
3rd person he/she/it wasn't ranking he/she/it was not ranking
Plural
1st person we weren't ranking we were not ranking
2nd person you weren't ranking you were not ranking
3rd person they weren't ranking they were not ranking
Question was I ranking?
Singular
1st person was I ranking?
2nd person were you ranking?
3rd person was he/she/it ranking?
Plural
1st person were we ranking?
2nd person were you ranking?
3rd person were they ranking?
Negative question wasn't I ranking?
Singular
1st person wasn't I ranking? was I not ranking?
2nd person weren't you ranking? were you not ranking?
3rd person wasn't he/she/it ranking? was he/she/it not ranking?
Plural
1st person weren't we ranking? were we not ranking?
2nd person weren't you ranking? were you not ranking?
3rd person weren't they ranking? were they not ranking?
Future continuous I'll be ranking
Positive I'll be ranking
Singular
1st person I'll be ranking I will be ranking
2nd person you'll be ranking you will be ranking
3rd person he/she/it'll be ranking he/she/it will be ranking
Plural
1st person we'll be ranking we will be ranking
2nd person you'll be ranking you will be ranking
3rd person they'll be ranking they will be ranking
Negative I won't be ranking
Singular
1st person I won't be ranking I will not be ranking
2nd person you won't be ranking you will not be ranking
3rd person he/she/it won't be ranking he/she/it will not be ranking
Plural
1st person we won't be ranking we will not be ranking
2nd person you won't be ranking you will not be ranking
3rd person they won't be ranking they will not be ranking
Question will I be ranking?
Singular
1st person will I be ranking?
2nd person will you be ranking?
3rd person will he/she/it be ranking?
Plural
1st person will we be ranking?
2nd person will you be ranking?
3rd person will they be ranking?
Negative question won't I be ranking?
Singular
1st person won't I be ranking? will I not be ranking?
2nd person won't you be ranking? will you not be ranking?
3rd person won't he/she/it be ranking? will he/she/it not be ranking?
Plural
1st person won't we be ranking? will we not be ranking?
2nd person won't you be ranking? will you not be ranking?
3rd person won't they be ranking? will they not be ranking?
Conditional continuous I'd be ranking
Positive I'd be ranking
Singular
1st person I'd be ranking I would be ranking
2nd person you'd be ranking you would be ranking
3rd person he/she/it'd be ranking he/she/it would be ranking
Plural
1st person we'd be ranking we would be ranking
2nd person you'd be ranking you would be ranking
3rd person they'd be ranking they would be ranking
Negative I wouldn't be ranking
Singular
1st person I wouldn't be ranking I would not be ranking
2nd person you wouldn't be ranking you would not be ranking
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't be ranking he/she/it would not be ranking
Plural
1st person we wouldn't be ranking we would not be ranking
2nd person you wouldn't be ranking you would not be ranking
3rd person they wouldn't be ranking they would not be ranking
Question would I be ranking?
Singular
1st person would I be ranking?
2nd person would you be ranking?
3rd person would he/she/it be ranking?
Plural
1st person would we be ranking?
2nd person would you be ranking?
3rd person would they be ranking?
Negative question wouldn't I be ranking?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I be ranking? would I not be ranking?
2nd person wouldn't you be ranking? would you not be ranking?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it be ranking? would he/she/it not be ranking?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we be ranking? would we not be ranking?
2nd person wouldn't you be ranking? would you not be ranking?
3rd person wouldn't they be ranking? would they not be ranking?
Present perfect I've ranked
Positive I've ranked
Singular
1st person I've ranked I have ranked
2nd person you've ranked you have ranked
3rd person he/she/it's ranked he/she/it has ranked
Plural
1st person we've ranked we have ranked
2nd person you've ranked you have ranked
3rd person they've ranked they have ranked
Negative I haven't ranked
Singular
1st person I haven't ranked I have not ranked
2nd person you haven't ranked you have not ranked
3rd person he/she/it hasn't ranked he/she/it has not ranked
Plural
1st person we haven't ranked we have not ranked
2nd person you haven't ranked you have not ranked
3rd person they haven't ranked they have not ranked
Question have I ranked?
Singular
1st person have I ranked?
2nd person have you ranked?
3rd person has he/she/it ranked?
Plural
1st person have we ranked?
2nd person have you ranked?
3rd person have they ranked?
Negative question haven't I ranked?
Singular
1st person haven't I ranked? have I not ranked?
2nd person haven't you ranked? have you not ranked?
3rd person hasn't he/she/it ranked? has he/she/it not ranked?
Plural
1st person haven't we ranked? have we not ranked?
2nd person haven't you ranked? have you not ranked?
3rd person haven't they ranked? have they not ranked?
Past perfect I had ranked
Positive I had ranked
Singular
1st person I had ranked
2nd person you had ranked
3rd person he/she/it had ranked
Plural
1st person we had ranked
2nd person you had ranked
3rd person they had ranked
Negative I hadn't ranked
Singular
1st person I hadn't ranked I had not ranked
2nd person you hadn't ranked you had not ranked
3rd person he/she/it hadn't ranked he/she/it had not ranked
Plural
1st person we hadn't ranked we had not ranked
2nd person you hadn't ranked you had not ranked
3rd person they hadn't ranked they had not ranked
Question had I ranked?
Singular
1st person had I ranked?
2nd person had you ranked?
3rd person had he/she/it ranked?
Plural
1st person had we ranked?
2nd person had you ranked?
3rd person had they ranked?
Negative question hadn't I ranked?
Singular
1st person hadn't I ranked? had I not ranked?
2nd person hadn't you ranked? had you not ranked?
3rd person hadn't he/she/it ranked? had he/she/it not ranked?
Plural
1st person hadn't we ranked? had we not ranked?
2nd person hadn't you ranked? had you not ranked?
3rd person hadn't they ranked? had they not ranked?
Future perfect I'll have ranked
Positive I'll have ranked
Singular
1st person I'll have ranked I will have ranked
2nd person you'll have ranked you will have ranked
3rd person he/she/it'll have ranked he/she/it will have ranked
Plural
1st person we'll have ranked we will have ranked
2nd person you'll have ranked you will have ranked
3rd person they'll have ranked they will have ranked
Negative I won't have ranked
Singular
1st person I won't have ranked I will not have ranked
2nd person you won't have ranked you will not have ranked
3rd person he/she/it won't have ranked he/she/it will not have ranked
Plural
1st person we won't have ranked we will not have ranked
2nd person you won't have ranked you will not have ranked
3rd person they won't have ranked they will not have ranked
Question +'ll I have ranked?
Singular
1st person +'ll I have ranked? will I have ranked?
2nd person +'ll you have ranked? will you have ranked?
3rd person +'ll he/she/it have ranked? will he/she/it have ranked?
Plural
1st person +'ll we have ranked? will we have ranked?
2nd person +'ll you have ranked? will you have ranked?
3rd person +'ll they have ranked? will they have ranked?
Negative question won't I have ranked?
Singular
1st person won't I have ranked? will I not have ranked?
2nd person won't you have ranked? will you not have ranked?
3rd person won't he/she/it have ranked? will he/she/it not have ranked?
Plural
1st person won't we have ranked? will we not have ranked?
2nd person won't you have ranked? will you not have ranked?
3rd person won't they have ranked? will they not have ranked?
Conditional perfect I'd have ranked
Positive I'd have ranked
Singular
1st person I'd have ranked I would have ranked
2nd person you'd have ranked you would have ranked
3rd person he/she/it'd have ranked he/she/it would have ranked
Plural
1st person we'd have ranked we would have ranked
2nd person you'd have ranked you would have ranked
3rd person they'd have ranked they would have ranked
Negative I wouldn't have ranked
Singular
1st person I wouldn't have ranked I would not have ranked
2nd person you wouldn't have ranked you would not have ranked
3rd person he/she/it wouldn't have ranked he/she/it would not have ranked
Plural
1st person we wouldn't have ranked we would not have ranked
2nd person you wouldn't have ranked you would not have ranked
3rd person they wouldn't have ranked they would not have ranked
Question would I have ranked?
Singular
1st person would I have ranked?
2nd person would you have ranked?
3rd person would he/she/it have ranked?
Plural
1st person would we have ranked?
2nd person would you have ranked?
3rd person would they have ranked?
Negative question wouldn't I have ranked?
Singular
1st person wouldn't I have ranked? would I not have ranked?
2nd person wouldn't you have ranked? would you not have ranked?
3rd person wouldn't he/she/it have ranked? would he/she/it not have ranked?
Plural
1st person wouldn't we have ranked? would we not have ranked?
2nd person wouldn't you have ranked? would you not have ranked?
3rd person wouldn't they have ranked? would they not have ranked?
Imperative rank!
Positive
you rank!
we let's rank!
Negative
you don't rank!
we let's not rank!
Examples rank examples
How do I use rank in a sentence?
Simple sentences
Men of the rank of captain and below live in this building.
The field was rank with weeds.
The higher he rose in social rank, the more modest he became.
He was advanced to the rank of general.
He was raised to the rank of colonel two years ago.
He holds the rank of colonel.
Apes rank above dogs in intelligence.
I heard that a gay priest had been promoted to the rank of bishop, but it turned out to be a fabrication.
God surveyed the people, and there was no fragrance of virtue arising from them, but the rank odour of punishments.
He reached the rank of general.
His rank isn't high enough for that position.
Rank boys according to their height.
He rose to the rank of sergeant.
He is beneath her in rank.
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.
Tom has the rank of captain.
The soldiers fell into rank.
Tom's father rose to the rank of colonel and was transferred to the capital.
He was promoted in rank.
Movie subtitles
We offer you the highest rank of the army of the south.
I wish for that Soldier to be raised in rank immediately!
You see my rank? - Sure.
Many of you here tonight knew me. as an SA man. marching in the rank and file. in the first years of the Movement.
And to assist me in this, I'm replacing Mr Fryer with Mr Christian who will now act as executive second in command with the rank of Acting Second Lieutenant.
In the name of the French people, we deprive you of your rank.
But it's lost you your rank, your lands.
There's nothing he wouldn't do for a king who'd restore him to rank.
With the manor and estate of Robin of Locksley to support his rank.
Remember that I am the only man under the rank of marquis have fought for ten years to extract land hands of moneylenders and I will not be like them.
Never in my life, sir, have I witnessed such behavior in a person of the rank.
You're a rank sentimentalist.
This is rank mutiny.
Her fallow leas, the darnel, hemlock and rank fumitory, doth root upon, while that the coulter rusts that should deracinate such savagery.
Beautiful as the daylight, but not of equal rank with me.
This is a rank imitation.
It's obvious that it's a rank imitation.
With the rank of captain.
Your passport says nothing about your military rank.
What is your rank, Orloff?
He's a rank amateur.
Well, nevertheless, this, uh, rank amateur has kept you crime experts guessing for over a month.
Cited several times during the campaign, given the rank of captain, he went missing Dec. 16, 1917, in the Somme.
Remember how the fever mist smells in the bottoms, rank and rotten?
I'm the only man under the rank of marquis who ever gambled ten years at White's Club and kept his estate out of the hands of the moneylenders.
Traffic between levels is limited according to rank.
You see my rank?
I proposed you for the rank of sergeant.
Burdkin. A rank radical.
He held high rank in Washington's army. And proved his patriotism by selling military information to the British.
You're a rank sentimentalist. - Yeah?
Sergeant, will you explain to Private Winters that as a Navy nurse, I hold rank equivalent to a lieutenant and should be addressed in the same manner as a commissioned officer.
Hall, step in the front rank.
Take your place in rank.
News and current affairs
Likewise, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands rank, respectively, fifth and sixth on the Innovation Index, but only 28th and 29th on the Peace Index.
They are expected to rank second by 2020, behind only heart disease.
But, just as stunningly, rank-and-file members of the US House of Representatives have rejected it - at least for now.
If history seems likely to rank Silvio Berlusconi as an inconsequential Prime Minister of Italy, it will surely remember him as an extraordinary - and extraordinarily bizarre - one.
In an era of evaporated pensions and benefits for the rank and file, piggish pay packets for CEO's have led a cynical public to wonder where big business has gone wrong.
Remuneration of company bosses now reaches 300 to 500 times the average salary of rank-and-file employees, up from 40 to one for the century and a half before 1980.
To some extent, this is because - all rhetoric notwithstanding - human rights rank relatively low among these governments' priorities.
It is unlikely, but possible, that a hardliner like Ted Cruz, or a rank amateur with deep religious convictions, such as the neurosurgeon Ben Carson, will capture the party.
It appears from press reports that the West finally gave the green light to the Egyptian military to overthrow Morsi, arrest the Muslim Brotherhood's leadership, and repress the Islamist rank and file.
But if you look at the euro zone's economic problems today, the danger of high long-term nominal interest rates does not even rank among investors' top ten concerns.
Purchases of second homes for pleasure were confined to the rich, and thus did not seem quite so much of a conversation topic for the rank-and-file business people that I meet at such conferences.
For example, companies increasingly augment standard wage packages with stock options, even for rank-and-file employees.
The Left's rank and file is faceless, with Communists, former guerrillas, and other radical fellow travelers marching side-by-side with a moderate majority of Social and Christian Democrats.
But while the officer corps may be steadfast defenders of secular rule, the rank and file reflects Pakistani society.
In retrospect, the charge seems like rank hypocrisy.
There are also now several different league tables - which are generating considerable angst - that rank financial centers based largely on surveys of firms.
Respiratory diseases rank second (after cardiovascular diseases) in terms of mortality, incidence, prevalence, and costs.
But even western Germany holds the second-lowest rank of all developed countries.
Transparency International and occasionally the World Bank like to rank countries by their degree of corruption, with the media then ceaselessly citing where each country stands.
There are school and university league tables, rankings of companies on profitability or corporate social responsibility, tables of happiness indicators by country, and tables that attempt to rank consumer brands by value.
Such a tricameral legislature, its proponents believe, would better ensure that political decisions are made by more educated and enlightened representatives, thereby avoiding the rank populism of Western-style elected factions.
Farmers, the single largest occupational group in most castes, with ritual rank ranging from high to low, were highly differentiated in terms of size and economic status.