See close ranks in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for close ranks meaning in English (6.0kB)
{
"forms": [
{
"form": "closes ranks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "closing ranks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "closed ranks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "closed ranks",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "close ranks (third-person singular simple present closes ranks, present participle closing ranks, simple past and past participle closed ranks)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Military",
"orig": "en:Military",
"parents": [
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To close the spacing between lines (ranks) of troops, as they are deployed across a battlefield, thereby decreasing the depth of the formation as it faces the enemy side."
],
"id": "en-close_ranks-en-verb-kRyWwvbJ",
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(military) To close the spacing between lines (ranks) of troops, as they are deployed across a battlefield, thereby decreasing the depth of the formation as it faces the enemy side."
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "77 13 10",
"word": "circle the wagons"
}
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "32 56 12",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public."
],
"id": "en-close_ranks-en-verb-SulZeBWc",
"links": [
[
"regroup",
"regroup"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "raṣṣ aṣ-ṣufūf",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "رَصّ الصُّفُوف"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "de rangen sluiten"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "tiivistää rivejä"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "serrer les rangs"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "die Reihen schließen"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "zárja a sorait"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "serrare i ranghi"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "serrare le fila"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "fare quadrato"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "itchikessoku",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "一致結束"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "slutte rekkene"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "gjøre felles front"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zwierać szeregi"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zewrzeć szeregi"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "cerrar fileiras"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smykátʹ rjadý",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смыка́ть ряды́"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "somknútʹ rjadý",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сомкну́ть ряды́"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "cerrar filas"
},
{
"_dis1": "9 89 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "hacer piña"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Gina Marchetti, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs",
"text": "However, the charges that the police closed ranks to protect Godber find a parallel in Wong's hearings.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 September 3, Kim Willsher, “French reporter who joined police exposes racism and violence”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "Gendrot describes a “clannish” system that ensures officers close ranks to protect their own, leading to a sense of impunity.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 6, Adrian Fulford, R v Wayne Couzens, sentencing remarks, Paragraph 27",
"text": "It cannot be suggested in my view that the Metropolitan Police, even for a moment, attempted to close ranks to protect one of their own. Instead, remorselessly, efficiently and impartially the investigating officers followed all the available leads, resulting in an overwhelming case against the accused.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To maintain silence and secrecy in the face of some external threat."
],
"id": "en-close_ranks-en-verb-9w3zXFaq",
"links": [
[
"silence",
"silence"
],
[
"secrecy",
"secrecy"
],
[
"external",
"external"
],
[
"threat",
"threat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To maintain silence and secrecy in the face of some external threat."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-close ranks.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/En-au-close_ranks.ogg/En-au-close_ranks.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/En-au-close_ranks.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"word": "close ranks"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs"
],
"forms": [
{
"form": "closes ranks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "closing ranks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "closed ranks",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "closed ranks",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "*"
},
"expansion": "close ranks (third-person singular simple present closes ranks, present participle closing ranks, simple past and past participle closed ranks)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "circle the wagons"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Military"
],
"glosses": [
"To close the spacing between lines (ranks) of troops, as they are deployed across a battlefield, thereby decreasing the depth of the formation as it faces the enemy side."
],
"links": [
[
"military",
"military"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(military) To close the spacing between lines (ranks) of troops, as they are deployed across a battlefield, thereby decreasing the depth of the formation as it faces the enemy side."
],
"topics": [
"government",
"military",
"politics",
"war"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public."
],
"links": [
[
"regroup",
"regroup"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To regroup forces, especially when this involves overlooking differences in order to face a challenge or adverse situation. Often implies making a show of unity, especially to the public."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2007, Gina Marchetti, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's Infernal Affairs",
"text": "However, the charges that the police closed ranks to protect Godber find a parallel in Wong's hearings.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2020 September 3, Kim Willsher, “French reporter who joined police exposes racism and violence”, in The Guardian, →ISSN",
"text": "Gendrot describes a “clannish” system that ensures officers close ranks to protect their own, leading to a sense of impunity.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 March 6, Adrian Fulford, R v Wayne Couzens, sentencing remarks, Paragraph 27",
"text": "It cannot be suggested in my view that the Metropolitan Police, even for a moment, attempted to close ranks to protect one of their own. Instead, remorselessly, efficiently and impartially the investigating officers followed all the available leads, resulting in an overwhelming case against the accused.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To maintain silence and secrecy in the face of some external threat."
],
"links": [
[
"silence",
"silence"
],
[
"secrecy",
"secrecy"
],
[
"external",
"external"
],
[
"threat",
"threat"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively) To maintain silence and secrecy in the face of some external threat."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "en-au-close ranks.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/11/En-au-close_ranks.ogg/En-au-close_ranks.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/En-au-close_ranks.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "raṣṣ aṣ-ṣufūf",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "رَصّ الصُّفُوف"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "de rangen sluiten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "tiivistää rivejä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "serrer les rangs"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "die Reihen schließen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "zárja a sorait"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "serrare i ranghi"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "serrare le fila"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "fare quadrato"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "itchikessoku",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "一致結束"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "slutte rekkene"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "gjøre felles front"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "zwierać szeregi"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zewrzeć szeregi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "cerrar fileiras"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smykátʹ rjadý",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "смыка́ть ряды́"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "somknútʹ rjadý",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "сомкну́ть ряды́"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"word": "cerrar filas"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to regroup forces",
"tags": [
"colloquial"
],
"word": "hacer piña"
}
],
"word": "close ranks"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.