ranking
noun (a ranking, rankings); adjective (ranking); verb form (rank, ranks, ranked, ranking)
Everyday
- A position in a list that shows how good or important someone or something is compared with others: «a world ranking of 5». tree →
- (rankings) The list itself: «the tennis rankings», «school league rankings». tree →
- (adjective) Having a high or the highest position: «the ranking officer». tree →
- (verb) Putting things in order: «Ranking your favourite foods is fun.» tree →
In the lessons
In maths and data lessons ranking means putting items in order (1st, 2nd, 3rd) by size or score; in sport and news rankings compare players, teams and schools. Phrases: «world ranking», «top ranking», «ranking list», «ranking order».
Examples
- She is ranked number one in the world rankings. tree →
- Ranking the planets by size, Jupiter comes first. tree →
- Our team rose in the league rankings after three wins. tree →
- The ranking officer gave the orders. tree →
- We did a ranking of our favourite books from 1 to 10. tree →
- Websites appear in a ranking when you search online. tree →
Note
Countable: ranking, rankings. Maths: ranking puts data in order; a tie can share a ranking (joint 2nd). Ranking from smallest to largest is «ascending order»; largest to smallest is «descending order». Rank 1 is the top, so a lower rank number means a better place.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «ranking» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «ranking» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/ranking/