ranking

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See also: Ranking and ránking

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ænkɪŋ

Verb

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ranking

  1. present participle and gerund of rank

Adjective

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ranking (comparative more ranking, superlative most ranking)

  1. (in combination) Having a specified rank.
  2. Superior in rank.
    • 2002, Stephen Tanner, Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban, page 176:
      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. Prominent or outstanding.
    • 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Inner Mongolia”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China[1], McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 188, column 1:
      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.
    • 1990, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s, page 48:
      But neither leader nor followers give up the rhythms or reasons of a ranking MC, and I'm grieved to report that only “Kick Out the Jams” overcomes the formlessness of personality his detractors have always charged him with — []

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Noun

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ranking (plural rankings)

  1. One’s relative placement in a list.

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Basque

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish ranking, from English ranking.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rankin/, [rãŋ.kĩn]

Noun

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ranking inan

  1. ranking

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English ranking, equivalent to ranken +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ran‧king

Noun

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ranking f or m (plural rankings)

  1. ranking, relative placement in a list
    De ranking van dit ziekenhuis is in verschillende lijstjes van verschillende kranten heel anders.
    The ranking of this hospital is very different in different lists of different newspapers.
  2. ranking, classification
    In sporten als honkbal en basketbal worden in Amerika heel veel verschillende rankings bijgehouden.
    Many different rankings are maintained in America in sports such as baseball and basketball.

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English ranking.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ranking m inan

  1. ranking (placement in a list)
    Synonym: gradacja

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adjective

Further reading

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  • ranking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ranking in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.

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Noun

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ranking m (plural rankings)

  1. ranking
    Synonym: classificação

Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.

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Noun

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ranking m (plural rankings)

  1. ranking
    Synonym: clasificación

Usage notes

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According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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