1.b> 1) (), ; ; i> i> ; ; the tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty ; the university is ranked number one in the country ; she is currently the highest ranked player in the world ; to rank smb. as a great essayist ; to rank Dante above Shakespeare [football above baseball] [ ] ; I rank his abilities very high ;
2) i> / i> ; to rank among the best ; ; to rank among the Great Powers ; to rank among the first - ; archbishops rank with dukes (-i> i>); to rank as a citizen , ;
3) (), ; at the height of her career she ranked second in the world , i> ; the restaurant ranks among the finest in town - ; this must rank with the greatest movies ever made ; to rank third ; to rank above [below] smb. [] ; to rank below the average ; to rank second to none ; ;
2.b> .i> 1) (, )i> i> ; a colonel ranks above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general / - / - ;
2) .i> , i> (); a general ranks a captain ;
3.b> () / , ; there were several pairs of boots ranked neatly in the hall ;
4.b> (.i> on) .i> .i> i> (), (.i> i>).