ranking

verbadjectivenounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈɹæn.kɪŋ//
United States//ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ//
/[ˈɹeɪŋ.kɪŋ]/

Having a specified rank.

verb

1
Also a form of rankpresent participle and gerund of rank

adjective

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.
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.
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 — […]

noun

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.

Forms

plural: rankings
comparative: more ranking
superlative: most ranking

rank · Having a very strong, bad taste or odor.Rank · A surname.ranked · That has been arranged or organized in ranks or by rank.

ranking · Having a specified rank.

ransom · Money paid for the freeing of a hostage.Ransom · A surname.Rao · A surname.

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