different between classify vs rang

English

Etymology

From French classifier.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?klæs.?.fa?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?klæs.??fa?/

Verb

classify (third-person singular simple present classifies, present participle classifying, simple past and past participle classified)

1. to identify by or divide into classes; to categorize

2. to declare something a secret, especially a government secret

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:classify

Antonyms

• (to declare a secret): declassify

Related terms

• class
• classification

Translations

See also

• arrange
• distribute
• rank

Further reading

• classify in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• classify in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?ng, IPA^(key): /?æ?/
• Rhymes: -æ?
• Homophone: wrang

Verb

rang

1. simple past tense of ring (only in senses related to a bell — etymology 2)

Usage notes

Rang and rung are incorrect for the past of ring in the sense of encircle.

Anagrams

• ARNG, NARG, gRNA, garn, gnar, gran, grna, narg

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ra?/

Etymology 1

Noun

rang (Bengali script ???)

1. a type of traditional brass drum or gong

See also

• rangkha
• rangsyl

Etymology 2

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-ra? (“rain”).

Noun

rang (Bengali script ???)

1. rain

See also

• rangbrym
• rangbyrym
• rangchinek
• rangdylekpa
• rangra
• rangsan

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?ra?k/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?ra?/

Noun

rang m (plural rangs)

1. rank
2. row

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ran?/, [????]
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

rang c (singular definite rangen, not used in plural form)

1. rank
2. precedence

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French rang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /r??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

rang m (plural rangen, diminutive rangetje n)

1. rank

Derived terms

• rangschikken
• voorrang

French

Etymology

From Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang, from Frankish *hring. Compare English ring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/

Noun

rang m (plural rangs)

1. A row or line of things placed side-by-side.

   Synonym: rangée (objects only)

2. A rank or position in a series or hierarchy.

   Synonyms: caste, classe, place, position

3. (knitting) A knitting course.
4. (Canada, geography) A series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road.
5. (Canada, geography) The road serving such a series of plots.
6. (military, uncountable) The non-officers of an army, taken as a group.

Usage notes

The expression in Xth rank uses the preposition à in French: au cinquième rang (“in fifth place/rank”). See also place.

Derived terms

Related terms

• file
• ranger

Descendants

• ? German: Rang
• ? Italian: rango
• ? Piedmontese: rangh

Further reading

• “rang” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

rang

1. gong

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

rang

1. first/third-person singular preterite of ringen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?r???]
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

rang (plural rangok)

1. rank
2. place, standing, status (in society)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• rang in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /?????/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /??a???/
• (Aran, Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /??a?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Old French rang (“line, row, rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz (“something bent or curved”).

Noun

rang m (genitive singular ranga, nominative plural ranganna)

1. rank
   1. row, line

      Synonyms: líne, sraith

   2. order, station
2. (education, biology) class

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

rang f (genitive singular rainge, nominative plural ranga)

1. Alternative form of reang (“loin”)
2. Alternative form of reang (“scar; crease, wrinkle”)

Declension

Etymology 3

Noun

rang m (genitive singular rang, nominative plural rangaí)

1. Alternative form of runga (“rung”)

Declension

Further reading

• "rang" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “rang” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Mandarin

Romanization

rang

1. Nonstandard spelling of r?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ráng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of r?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ràng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Via German Rang from French rang

Noun

rang m (definite singular rangen, uncountable)

1. rank

Derived terms

• annenrangs
• rangstige

References

• “rang” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “rang_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Via German Rang from French rang

Noun

rang m (definite singular rangen, uncountable)

1. rank

Derived terms

• rangstige

References

• “rang” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romani

Etymology

From Sanskrit ???? (ra?ga).

Noun

rang m (plural rang)

1. colour

Romanian

Etymology

From French rang.

Noun

rang n (uncountable)

1. rank

Declension

Swedish

Verb

rang

1. past tense of ringa.

Anagrams

• garn, gran

Uzbek

Etymology

From Persian ???? (rang).

Noun

rang (plural ranglar)

1. color

Declension

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [za????]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [?a????]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [?a????]

Verb

rang

1. roast
2. pop

Zazaki

Etymology

From Persian ???? (rang).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??/

Noun

rang

1. color