ranking
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editranking
- present participle and gerund of rank
Adjective
editranking (comparative more ranking, superlative most ranking)
- (in combination) Having a specified rank.
- 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.
- 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 — […]
Derived terms
editTranslations
edithaving a specified rank
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superior in rank
Noun
editranking (plural rankings)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editTranslations
editplacement in a list
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Anagrams
editBasque
editAlternative forms
edit- rankin (nonstandard)
Etymology
editBorrowed from Spanish ranking, from English ranking.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editranking inan
Declension
editDeclension of ranking (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | ranking | rankinga | rankingak |
ergative | rankingek | rankingak | rankingek |
dative | rankingi | rankingari | rankingei |
genitive | rankingen | rankingaren | rankingen |
comitative | rankingekin | rankingarekin | rankingekin |
causative | rankingengatik | rankingarengatik | rankingengatik |
benefactive | rankingentzat | rankingarentzat | rankingentzat |
instrumental | rankingez | rankingaz | rankingez |
inessive | rankingetan | rankingean | rankingetan |
locative | rankingetako | rankingeko | rankingetako |
allative | rankingetara | rankingera | rankingetara |
terminative | rankingetaraino | rankingeraino | rankingetaraino |
directive | rankingetarantz | rankingerantz | rankingetarantz |
destinative | rankingetarako | rankingerako | rankingetarako |
ablative | rankingetatik | rankingetik | rankingetatik |
partitive | rankingik | — | — |
prolative | rankingtzat | — | — |
Further reading
edit- “ranking”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English ranking, equivalent to ranken + -ing.
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: ran‧king
Noun
editranking f or m (plural rankings)
- 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.
- 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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English ranking.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editranking m inan
Declension
editDeclension of ranking
singular | plural | |
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nominative | ranking | rankingi |
genitive | rankingu | rankingów |
dative | rankingowi | rankingom |
accusative | ranking | rankingi |
instrumental | rankingiem | rankingami |
locative | rankingu | rankingach |
vocative | rankingu | rankingi |
Derived terms
editadjective
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English ranking.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editranking m (plural rankings)
- ranking
- Synonym: classificação
Spanish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English ranking.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editranking m (plural rankings)
- ranking
- Synonym: clasificación
Usage notes
editAccording 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.
Further reading
edit- “ranking”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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