to rank

Examples

• All

• The marketing department will help rank the relative opportunities of various product families.

  Academic text (2011)

• And even among suburban dermatologists, Leonard must rank in the bottom ten percent.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Then why do I rank them in this way?

• I think you rank number one in the country.

  Open Five (2010)

• We derived a score from the first component that we used to rank individuals within family income groups.

  Academic text (2011)

• In a 2009 survey, GEM ranked the United States first in the world in providing such opportunities.

  Academic text (2011)

• At 13,898 feet, it ranks among the 100 highest peaks in Colorado.

  Academic text (2011)

• Thus, performance evaluations that serve to rank people are deeply flawed.

  Academic text (2011)

• So if you're ranked in the top 100, then you instantly get a spot, but everyone else has to play a sort of, uh, tournament before the tournament.

  Challengers (2024)

• It's phenom LeBron James against the number-one-ranked team in the country, Oak Hill.

  Shooting Stars (2023)

Synonyms

R

to rate

vsto rank

335 2.7

To judge how good or valuable something is

places items by position in an ordered list rather than giving a value

G

to grade

vsto rank

94 2.3

To give a letter or number to show how good their work is

assigns a position in a list rather than only providing a score

P

to place

vsto rank

35 3.8

To finish a race or competition in a particular position

refers to assigning or having a position, not only a competition result

H

to hierarchize

vsto rank

1 7.7

To put people or things in order by importance

places items in a list or hierarchy by quality, importance, or achievement

Compounds

R

rank and file

37 4.3

Ordinary members of a group who are not leaders

H

higher rank

9 3.9

A position with more authority and status than others in a group

L

lower rank

6 3.5

A position lower than others in a group or at work

R

rank order

3 3.9

A list of people or things arranged from most to least important

M

military rank

3 3.2

A position in the armed forces that shows how much authority someone has

R

rank-smelling

1 7.1

Having a very strong, unpleasant smell like rotten food

S

social rank

1 3.8

A person's position in society based on wealth, family, or job

T

taxi rank

• UK

1 2.3

A place where taxis wait to pick up passengers

F

flag rank

• Specialized

1 8.1

A senior military title that officers like admirals or generals hold

I

insignia of rank

1 5.5

A badge worn on a uniform that shows a person's military rank

K

Kendall rank correlation

• Specialized

1 8.5

A number that shows how well two rankings agree

R

rank-order correlation

• Specialized

1 8.8

A number that shows how similar two ordered lists are

K

Kendall partial rank correlation

• Specialized

9.9

A method to measure the relationship between two ranked variables while keeping other variables the same

R

rank-difference correlation

• Specialized

9.6

To measure how two sets of scores are related by comparing their ranks

R

rank-difference correlation coefficient

• Specialized

9.9

A number that shows how closely two sets of ranked scores move together

R

rank-order correlation coefficient

• Specialized

8.6

A number that shows how similar the order of items is in two lists

How High

top

∞ 1.0

to promote

189 2.9

to rank

276 2.4

Surface Forms

Etymology