Ranking

Quick meaning: Ranking is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of rank.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of rank.

More Meanings

1. (in combination) Having a specified rank.
2. Superior in rank.
3. Prominent or outstanding.
4. The placing of something in a list, for comparison with others.
5. (countable) One’s relative placement in a list, especially to indicate relative quality, size, success etc.

Example Sentences

Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett and Facebook's (FB) Mark Zuckerberg rank third and fourth in the world's richest rankings.

Eldred Pottinger was now the ranking political officer and had negotiated—at the insistence of the army's officers—an unmolested passage to Jalalabad.

But neither leader nor followers give up the rhythms or reasons of a ranking MC, and I'm grieved to report that only “Kick Out the Jams” overcomes the formlessness of personality his detractors have always charged him with — […]

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 wool, hides, food, and medicine from the surrounding grasslands were brought.

Word Forms

• rankings

Synonyms for ranking

Depending on context, synonyms include commanding, top-ranking, higher-ranking, superior.

Related Words

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