ranking

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
  • (æ-raising) IPA^(key): [ˈɹeɪŋ.kɪŋ]

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• Rhymes: -ænkɪŋ

ranking

1. present participle and gerund of rank

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 — […]

ranking (countable and uncountable, plural rankings)

1. The placing of something in a list, for comparison with others.
2. (countable) One’s relative placement in a list, especially to indicate relative quality, size, success etc.
   • 2018 February 6, Paul R. La Monica, “Amazon worth more than Microsoft for first time”, in CNN Business‎^[2]:

     Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett and Facebook's (FB) Mark Zuckerberg rank third and fourth in the world's richest rankings.

• narking

• rankin (nonstandard)

Borrowed from Spanish ranking, from English ranking.

• IPA^(key): /rankin/ [raŋ.kĩn]
• Rhymes: -ankin, -in
• Hyphenation: ran‧king

ranking inan

1. ranking

• “ranking”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]

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

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• Hyphenation: ran‧king

ranking f or m (plural rankings, no diminutive)

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.

Borrowed from English ranking.

• IPA^(key): /ˈraŋ.kiŋk/
• Rhymes: -aŋkiŋk
• Syllabification: ran‧king

ranking m inan

1. ranking (placement in a list)

   Synonym: gradacja

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

Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.

ranking m (plural rankings)

1. ranking

   Synonym: classificação

• “ranking”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ranking”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• ranquin, rankin

Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrankin/ [ˈrãŋ.kĩn], /ˈreinkin/ [ˈrẽĩŋ.kĩn]
  • Rhymes: -ankin, -einkin
• IPA^(key): /ˈrankinɡ/ [ˈrãŋ.kĩŋɡ], /ˈreinkinɡ/ [ˈrẽĩŋ.kĩŋɡ]
  • Rhymes: -ankinɡ, -einkinɡ
• IPA^(key): /ranˈkinɡ/ [rãŋˈkĩŋɡ]
  • Rhymes: -inɡ
• Syllabification: ran‧king

ranking m (plural rankings)

1. ranking

   Synonym: clasificación

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.

• “ranking”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “ranking”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN