ranking
//ˈɹæn.kɪŋ//
Forms
- Comparative
- more ranking
- Superlative
- most ranking
- Plural
- rankings
Definitions
1.present participle and gerund of rank
1.Having a specified rank.
2.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.
3.Prominent or outstanding.
1.The placing of something in a list, for comparison with others.
2.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.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4649
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare