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Ranking

//ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a specified rank. in-compounds
  2. 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. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having a higher rank wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One’s relative placement in a list.

    "Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett and Facebook's (FB) Mark Zuckerberg rank third and fourth in the world's richest rankings."

  2. 2
    position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of rank form-of, gerund, participle, present

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