ranked

107 3.3

Arranged in order by how important they are

adjective
/ræŋkt/

: clasificado

The football team is currently ranked number one in the nation.

And I think against Senegal, Africa's top ranked team, they're the Africa Cup of Nations champions.

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Examples

She is one of the top ranked trial lawyers in the United States.
Apparently it is the highest ranked fear above death and spiders.
Please welcome my very special ranked team guest, Jamie.
That's going to be two extremely high ranked areas.
A division that the top ranked player, Keith Elwyn won again.
She is one of the top ranked trial lawyers in the United States.
He achieved a high ranked position in the global chess tournament.

Synonyms

ordered

vsranked

24 1.7

Organized neatly so things are easy to find

emphasizes ordering by level or importance rather than tidy arrangement

hierarchical

vsranked

22 6.7

Placed in levels with some people having more power than others

is broader, meaning a sequence by importance rather than strict layers

sorted

vsranked

18 1.8

Put into groups or in a clear order

focuses on sequence by levels of importance rather than mere grouping

tiered

vsranked

17 4.2

Having levels one above another, like seats or a cake

is a broader term for any sequence by importance, not just layers

graduated

vsranked

9 4.2

Arranged in levels that go up by small amounts

focuses on general ordering by importance rather than stepwise change

graded

vsranked

6 3.2

People put things into levels by how good they are

is a more general word for arranging by importance or level

stratified

vsranked

3 7.0

People divided into levels or classes with different status

refers to ordering overall, not only social or class divisions

hierarchic

vsranked

1 7.5

Having levels where some parts have more power or importance

applies to ordering in general, not only authority based structures

Antonyms

chaotic

116 4.7

Not organized and full of confusion

unordered

1 4.1

Not in any clear order

How Ordered

hierarchical

22 6.7

ranked

107 3.3

sorted

18 1.8

unordered

1 4.1

Surface Forms

ranked positive

Morphology

ranked = rank (transparent) = rank + ed

A standard adjectival/past-participle formation from the verb 'rank'; learners who know 'rank' and the suffix '-ed' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Ranked comes from the old word rank, which meant a 'row' or 'line' of people or things. Think of soldiers standing in neat rows: to rank is to put items in order from first to last, so ranked means 'arranged by level or importance'.