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ranking noun [ ˈraŋkɪŋ ]

• a position in a hierarchy or scale.
• "his world number-one ranking"

ranking adjective

• having a specified rank in a hierarchy.
• "high-ranking army officers"

rank verb

• give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.
• "students ranked the samples in order of preference"
Similar: classify, class, categorize, rate, grade, type, order, sort, bracket, group, pigeonhole, designate, codify, catalogue, file, list, tabulate, triage,
• arrange in a row or rows.
• "the tents were ranked in orderly rows"
Similar: line up, align, draw up, put/set in order, order, place, position, arrange, dispose, set out, array, range,
Origin: Middle English (in the sense ‘row of things’): from Old French ranc, of Germanic origin; related to ring1.


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