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ranking

ranking

73 2.9
A place on a list that shows how important someone is compared to others
  • noun
  • /ˈræŋkɪŋ/
translation icon : clasificación
  • We lost a place in the rankings.
  • top rankings
  • high rankings
  • percentile rankings

So I think the ranking is more valuable.

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Examples

  • A four-point rating scale with rankings between "extremely important" and "not important" was used.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The latest exam results show his ranking among the top 10 students in the class.

  • And by doing that, we will manage to put a ranking to all the items.

  • So I think the ranking is more valuable.

  • I want to go over what this ranking and distribution means.

  • If an app is at the bottom of the rankings, it may never be seen.

    Blog text (3)
  • The report includes weekly expert analysis, rankings, and news to help you make smart decisions.

    Blog text (3)
  • What is the ranking of the three items you've brought today?

  • And yet the international rankings didn't really change that much.

  • Tables 1 and 2 show the rankings of the rewards by mean and median.

    Academic text (1992)

Synonyms

status
vsranking
512 2.7

A person's social or professional position compared with others

is the list position that compares importance or success rather than social esteem
rating
vsranking
460 2.6

A score that shows how good something like a film or restaurant is

is the positional place that shows comparative importance rather than a score
position
vsranking
410 1.4

The place someone or something has in an ordered list

is about a place showing comparative importance or success in a list
tier
vsranking
76 3.7

A position in a system that shows rank, like first or second

is the specific place that shows how someone compares in a list
standing
vsranking
52 3.2

An ordered list showing who is first or second in a competition

is the single place value that indicates comparative importance in such lists
echelon
vsranking
23 7.7

A level of people in a company or organization

is the position in a list that compares importance or success across items
pecking order
vsranking
13 4.2

How people in a group are arranged by who has more power or status

is the specific list place indicating comparative importance among others
leaderboard
vsranking
11 3.5

A list showing players' or teams' places and scores in a game

is the notion of a single place that shows comparative order in lists
rank order
vsranking
1 3.9

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

focuses on one item's place within that arranged list

Compounds

Having more power than other people in an organization

A person who has a less important job or less power in an organization

How High

to top
146 2.4
ranking
73 2.9
lower rank
1 3.5

Surface Forms

ranking singular
rankings plural

Morphology

ranking = rank (transparent) = rank + ing

The noun is a regular -ing nominalization from rank, referring to the result or outcome of ranking in an order.

Etymology

The word ranking comes from rank, an old word for a 'row' or ordered place. So a ranking is a person's place in a list that shows who is first, second, or most important.