adj
Meaning 1
Having a specified rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
ranking
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
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US: /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
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[ˈɹeɪŋ.kɪŋ] æ-raising
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rhymes with -ænkɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: R AE1 NG K IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Superior in rank.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adj
Meaning 3
Prominent or outstanding.
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noun
Meaning 4
The placing of something in a list, for comparison with others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
One’s relative placement in a list, especially to indicate relative quality, size, success etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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verb
Meaning 6
present participle and gerund of rank
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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noun
Meaning 7
position on a scale in relation to others in a sport
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: standing
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
53 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: geplaatst — having a specified rank
- Finnish: arvoinen — having a specified rank
- French: classement — having a specified rank
- Hiligaynon: matáas — having a specified rank
- Portuguese: classificação — having a specified rank
- Bulgarian: старши (starši) — superior in rank
- Dutch: superieur — superior in rank
- Dutch: beter — superior in rank
- Finnish: ylempi — superior in rank
- Finnish: ylin — superior in rank
- French: supérieur — superior in rank
- Hiligaynon: matáas — superior in rank
- Lithuanian: aukštesnis — superior in rank
- Portuguese: superior — superior in rank
- Spanish: superior — superior in rank
- Catalan: rànquing — placement in a list
- Catalan: classificació — placement in a list
- Chinese Mandarin: 排名 (páimíng) — placement in a list
- Chinese Mandarin: 排行 (páiháng) — placement in a list
- Dutch: klassement — placement in a list
- Dutch: rang — placement in a list
- Dutch: plaats — placement in a list
- Dutch: rangschikking — placement in a list
- Dutch: ranking — placement in a list
- Finnish: sijoitus — placement in a list
- French: classement — placement in a list
- Galician: clasificación — placement in a list
- German: Rangordnung — placement in a list
- German: Rangfolge — placement in a list
- German: Ranking — placement in a list
- Greek: κατάταξη (katátaxi) — placement in a list
- Greek: ταξινόμηση (taxinómisi) — placement in a list
- Indonesian: peringkat — placement in a list
- Japanese: 順位 (jun'i) — placement in a list
- Japanese: 格付け (kakuzuke) — placement in a list
- Japanese: ランキング (rankingu) — placement in a list
- Japanese: 番付 (banzuke) — placement in a list
- Korean: 순위 (sunwi) — placement in a list
- Korean: 랭킹 (raengking) — placement in a list
- Malay: kedudukan — placement in a list
- Polish: ranking — placement in a list
- Polish: klasyfikacja — placement in a list
- Portuguese: classificação — placement in a list
- Russian: ранжи́рование (ranžírovanije) — placement in a list
- Russian: рэ́нкинг (rɛ́nking) — placement in a list
- Russian: классифика́ция (klassifikácija) — placement in a list
- Spanish: clasificación — placement in a list
- Spanish: ranking — placement in a list
- Spanish: rankeo — placement in a list
- Spanish: ranqueo — placement in a list
- Spanish: tabla clasificatoria — placement in a list
- Spanish: escalafón — placement in a list
- Spanish: ranquin — placement in a list
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