"derank" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: deranks [present, singular, third-person], deranking [participle, present], deranked [participle, past], deranked [past]
Etymology: From de- + rank. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|rank}} de- + rank Head templates: {{en-verb}} derank (third-person singular simple present deranks, present participle deranking, simple past and past participle deranked)
  1. (linguistics) To inflect into a form that cannot be used in independent declarative clauses. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-derank-en-verb-gRTAji9h Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 15 11 14 22 17 20 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (military) To strip of rank; demote. Categories (topical): Military
    Sense id: en-derank-en-verb-M8azVmHF Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 15 11 14 22 17 20 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  3. (more generally) To demote; to give a lower position within a hierarchy. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-derank-en-verb-xoNJ6KDO Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 15 11 14 22 17 20
  4. (video games) To lower or remove achievements and skill level. Categories (topical): Video games
    Sense id: en-derank-en-verb-3rUKJ2Rq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 5 6 46 13 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 15 11 14 22 17 20 Topics: video-games
  5. To lower or remove an official ranking or accreditation.
    Sense id: en-derank-en-verb-OFoDwsjg Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 15 11 14 22 17 20
  6. To lower the status or importance of
    Sense id: en-derank-en-verb-xLd8j6Id Categories (other): English terms prefixed with de- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 15 11 14 22 17 20
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: de-rank Derived forms: deranking

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The introduction of purchased animals from herds which have not been tested, the “over-the-fence intimacy of tested animals with cattle which had not been tested, and the feeding of milk to young stock on accredited farms which had been purchased from neighboring farmers whose herds had never been tested resulted in the deranking of these, erstwhile accredited herds.",
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          "ref": "1913, William Edwin Orchard, Sermons on God, Christ and man, page 224",
          "text": "The reply to this objection is that the inability to suffer is the worst punishment that can befall a man ; he is by that same thing deranked from humanity ; the lowest hell into which a man can fall is that hell where there is no feeling, the hell in which a man may be without knowing it.",
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          "text": "An intriguing reconstruction of the liberal arts follows, designed for the age of democracy and technology, deranking but retaining the classics and humanizing the study of science.",
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          "ref": "1993 -, P. K. Mohapatra, Religion and social change, page 79",
          "text": "The Purusa Sukta was contrived by the brahmins at a much later period of time to perpetuate the deranking of the sudra tribe of the ksatriya varna.",
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          "text": "Instead, at some stage, the older man is ritually deranked from his working group by retirement. Peer pressure deranks him in many other activities from sport to sex. Within the family, he will also derank at some stage to the role of consultant in family affairs, especially in those matters in which he has experience.",
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        "en:Video games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003, John Henderson, BradyGames, & Danielle Vanderlip, Shadowbane Official Strategy Guide, page 295",
          "text": "A building will derank one level at a time as its hitpoints are whittled away. So, while it may seem that the life bar is at its end, attackers need to take into account if they are merely deranking the building by one or whether they have taken it down to Rank1 and are about to destroy the building.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Alan F. Meades, Understanding Counterplay in Video Games, page 60",
          "text": "Derank lobbies were used to damage and undermine the statistical profiles and removing the associated unlocks of players lured into playing them, initially those deemed to have played inapproprately by illegitimately improving their profiles by modding. While this may have been an act of retribution, Zakhaev got most of his enjoyment from the anguished responses of those he had deranked, and the deranking lobby became a barbed example of counterplay - a vindictive prank to humilieate, annoy, and cost victimes time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017 February 6, Ike Recio, “Blizzard Is Against 'Overwatch' Players Who Derank Themselves On Purpose”, in iTech Post",
          "text": "Some are maybe confused as to why some players would choose to derank themselves on purpose, but it's actually a trick that master players do in order to be paired up with players of a lower skill level during matches.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lower or remove achievements and skill level."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "video game",
          "video game"
        ],
        [
          "achievement",
          "achievement"
        ],
        [
          "skill",
          "skill"
        ],
        [
          "level",
          "level"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(video games) To lower or remove achievements and skill level."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "video-games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1921, Holstein-Friesian World - Volume 18, Issue 1, page 46",
          "text": "The introduction of purchased animals from herds which have not been tested, the “over-the-fence intimacy of tested animals with cattle which had not been tested, and the feeding of milk to young stock on accredited farms which had been purchased from neighboring farmers whose herds had never been tested resulted in the deranking of these, erstwhile accredited herds.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, The Forestry chronicle - Volume 63, page 230",
          "text": "Isn't there a time to justify a species' gradual deranking from the top of the priority list in favour of another at the bottom?",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Corruption in Professional Boxing",
          "text": "I have also responded to Subcommittee questions about how boxers are ranked, unranked, deranked, not ranked at all, and how the four governing organizations govern or not.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Deniz Igan, Ms. Natalia T. Tamirisa, Are Weak Banks Leading Credit Booms? Evidence From Emerging Europe",
          "text": "Next, the premerger banks were reranked to ensure that they were included in the data set, and the postmerger banks were deranked to exclude them from the premerger period.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lower or remove an official ranking or accreditation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ranking",
          "ranking"
        ],
        [
          "accreditation",
          "accreditation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1913, William Edwin Orchard, Sermons on God, Christ and man, page 224",
          "text": "The reply to this objection is that the inability to suffer is the worst punishment that can befall a man ; he is by that same thing deranked from humanity ; the lowest hell into which a man can fall is that hell where there is no feeling, the hell in which a man may be without knowing it.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1973, Intellect - Volume 102, page 194",
          "text": "An intriguing reconstruction of the liberal arts follows, designed for the age of democracy and technology, deranking but retaining the classics and humanizing the study of science.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1993 -, P. K. Mohapatra, Religion and social change, page 79",
          "text": "The Purusa Sukta was contrived by the brahmins at a much later period of time to perpetuate the deranking of the sudra tribe of the ksatriya varna.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Lorraine M. Wright, Beliefs: The Heart of Healing in Families and Illness, page 236",
          "text": "The young man comes to the foreground, deranking the debilitating illness to the background.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Derek Ellis, Sex, Food and Rank: In Humans and Animals, page 237",
          "text": "Instead, at some stage, the older man is ritually deranked from his working group by retirement. Peer pressure deranks him in many other activities from sport to sex. Within the family, he will also derank at some stage to the role of consultant in family affairs, especially in those matters in which he has experience.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Melissa Vail, Facets of Betrayal",
          "text": "But what I said...in no manner was it meant to derank, lower your value as a person, nor to decrease your respect as man.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lower the status or importance of"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "status",
          "status"
        ],
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "de-rank"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Balancing and deranking"
  ],
  "word": "derank"
}

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