🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

계급

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gyegeup

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Rank/ræŋk/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #800 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그는 군대에서 높은 계급을 달성했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A position in a hierarchy or scale.

    "He achieved a high rank in the military after years of service."
As verb
  1. 1

    To assign a position in a hierarchy or scale.

    "The committee will rank the candidates based on their qualifications."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'rank' originates from the Old French 'renc', which came from the Latin 'rankis', meaning 'to arrange'. Historically, it has evolved to denote a position in a hierarchy or a classification system.

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