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View synonyms for ranking

ranking

[ rang-king ]

adjective

  1. senior or superior in rank, position, etc.:

    a ranking diplomat.

  2. prominent or highly regarded:

    a ranking authority on Soviet affairs.

  3. occupying a specific rank, position, etc. (often used in combination):

    a low-ranking executive.



noun

  1. an act or instance of indicating relative standing.
  2. a list showing such standing.

ranking

/ ˈræŋkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. prominent; high ranking
  2. slang.
    possessed of style; fashionable; exciting


noun

  1. a position on a scale; rating

    a ranking in a tennis tournament

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ranking1

First recorded in 1860–65; rank 1 + -ing 2, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.

Delta is a Platinum Global Partner, ranking them among the highest-level contributors to the association.

In a ranking of gender-based economic disparity, Turkey is 126th out of 136 countries.

But his ranking Democratic member just told an amusing story about Issa.

BuzzFeed provided the “definitive ranking” of its favorite characters in the montage.

In this city he encountered his former ranking officer, shorn of all his possessions, and just emerging from an insane asylum.

We must preserve their original names, and instead of ranking them with the apes, we should begin by comparing them together.

"Ranking sergeants of each platoon report here," called Captain Foster quietly, as he halted.

Michael Strogoff belonged to the special corps of the Czar's couriers, ranking as an officer among those picked men.

It was safe enough for a high-ranking labman to gripe about Security—in fact, it was more or less expected.

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