like: ranks → →
various ranks and grades (in a classification scale of civil servants) ☊ 
ngạch trật ☊ in the ranks of the army ☊ trong hàng ngũ quân đội ☊ dismiss sb/sth as sth: Vegetarians are no longer dismissed as cranks. ☊ dismiss ☊
Doctor Franks (= as a title/form of address) ☊ doctor ☊
to join the ranks of the unemployed ☊ join ☊
He rose through the ranks to become managing director. ☊ rank ☊
a campaign to attract more women into the military ranks ☊ rank ☊
officers, and other ranks (= people who are not officers) ☊ rank ☊
(+ adv./prep.): The restaurant ranks among the finest in town. ☊ rank ☊
She rose through the ranks to become managing director. ☊ rise ☊
I've joined the ranks of the unemployed (= I've lost my job). ☊ the unemployed ☊