Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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gradation | Yes | No | No | No |
rank | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
gradation (noun) | rank (noun) |
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the act of arranging in grades | a row or line of people (especially soldiers or police) standing abreast of one another |
a degree of ablaut | the ordinary members of an organization (such as the enlisted soldiers of an army) |
relative position in a graded series | the body of members of an organization or group |
relative status | |
position in a social hierarchy |
gradation (adjective) | rank (adjective) |
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growing profusely | |
complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers | |
conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | |
very fertile; producing profuse growth | |
very offensive in smell or taste |
gradation (verb) | rank (verb) |
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assign a rank or rating to | |
take or have a position relative to others | |
take precedence or surpass others in rank |