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ranking
- /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/ US
- [ˈɹeɪŋ.kɪŋ]
Rhymes with -ænkɪŋ
verb
- present participle and gerund of rank
adjective more ranking · most ranking
- Having a specified rank.
- Superior in rank. Eldred Pottinger was now the ranking political officer and had negotiated—at the insistence of the army's officers—an unmolested passage to Jalalabad.
- Prominent or outstanding. In a region as large and sparsely populated as this, it is not surprising that there are few cities. Hu-ho-hao-t’e and Pao-t’ou are the two ranking cities of Inner Mongolia. Hu-ho-hao-t’e, the capital of the region, is one of China's famous ancient cities; it was once a trade center to which the woo
noun rankings
- The placing of something in a list, for comparison with others.
- One’s relative placement in a list, especially to indicate relative quality, size, success etc. Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett and Facebook's (FB) Mark Zuckerberg rank third and fourth in the world's richest rankings.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: commanding, top-level, top-ranking, superior, senior, higher-ranking, grading, rating, status, arrangement, order, prioritization, position, prioritisation, arranging, ordering
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adj having a specified rank
| Português | classificação |
|---|---|
| Français | classement |
noun placement in a list
| Español | ranking, rankeo, tabla clasificatoria, escalafón |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 순위 sunwi, 랭킹 raengking |
| 日本語 | 順位 jun'i, 格付け kakuzuke, ランキング rankingu, 番付 banzuke |
| 中文 | 排名 páimíng, 排行 páiháng |
| Português | classificação |
| Français | classement |
| Deutsch | Rangordnung, Rangfolge, Ranking |
| Ελληνικά | κατάταξη katátaxi, ταξινόμηση taxinómisi |
| Русский | ранжи́рование ranžírovanije, рэ́нкинг rɛ́nking, классифика́ция klassifikácija |
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title = {ranking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ranking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
