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English

Verb

ranking

Translations

French: classant

Noun

One's relative placement in a list.

Translations

French: classement

Adjective

(in combination) having a specified rank
superior

Category:English present participles

it:ranking ru:ranking fi:ranking vi:ranking zh:ranking

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Rank \Rank\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ranked (r[a^][ng]kt); p. pr.
& vb. n. Ranking.]
1. To place abreast, or in a line.
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2. To range in a particular class, order, or division; to
class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable
classes or order; to classify.
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Ranking all things under general and special heads.
--I. Watts.
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Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers.
--Broome.
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Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft. --Dr.
H. More.
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3. To take rank of; to outrank. [U.S.]
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WordNet ranking
adj 1: of the highest rank; used of persons; "the commanding
officer" [syn: commanding, top-level, top-ranking]
2: having a higher rank; "superior officer" [syn: ranking(a),
superior, higher-ranking]
n : position on a scale in relation to others in a sport

Moby Dictionary
absolute , all-absorbing , analysis , analyzing , appraisal ,
appraisement , appraising , appreciation , arch , arrangement ,
ascendant , assessing , assessment , assortment , authoritarian ,
authoritative , authorized , autocratic , banner , capital , cardinal ,
cataloging , categorization , central , champion , chief ,
classification , clothed with authority , codification , commanding ,
competent , consequential , considerable , controlling , crowning ,
culling , division , dominant , duly constituted , eminent , empowered ,
estimate , estimation , evaluating , evaluation , evaluative criticism ,
ex officio , filing , first , focal , foremost , gauging , governing ,
gradation , grading , great , grouping , headmost , hegemonic ,
hegemonistic , highest , imperative , important , indexing ,
influential , leading , magisterial , main , master , measurement ,
mighty , momentous , monocratic , official , opinion , overriding ,
overruling , paramount , pigeonholing , placement , potent , powerful ,
predominant , preeminent , premier , preponderant , prestigious ,
prevailing , primal , primary , prime , principal , prominent , puissant ,
ranging , rating , reckoning , ruling , screening , selection , senior ,
sifting , sorting , sorting out , sovereign , star , stellar ,
stratification , subdivision , subordination , substantial ,
supereminent , superior , supreme , tabulation , taxonomy , topflight ,
topmost , totalitarian , triage , typology , uppermost , valuation ,
valuing , view , weighing , weighty