Library / English Dictionary

RANKING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Position on a scale in relation to others in status or rank or achievement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("ranking" is a kind of...):

standing (social or financial or professional status or reputation)

Derivation:

rank (take or have a position relative to others)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having a higher rank

Example:

superior officer

Synonyms:

higher-ranking; ranking; superior

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

senior (older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service)

 III. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb rank

Credits

 Context examples: 

The minor difference in rankings is due to the different methods used by the two agencies to analyze global temperatures; though over the long term, the agencies’ records remain in strong agreement.

(2017 was 3rd warmest year on record for the globe, NOAA)

Yet the dominant meerkats still lived an average of 60% longer than subordinates, as the lower ranking meerkats were increasingly forced to risk more and more time outside the group as they grew older.

(Breeder meerkats age faster, but their subordinates still die younger, University of Cambridge)