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# ranking

noun (a ranking, rankings); adjective (ranking); verb form (rank, ranks, ranked, ranking)

«ranking» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A position in a list that shows how good or important someone or something is compared with others: «a world ranking of 5». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#m1)
2. (rankings) The list itself: «the tennis rankings», «school league rankings». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#m2)
3. (adjective) Having a high or the highest position: «the ranking officer». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#m3)
4. (verb) Putting things in order: «Ranking your favourite foods is fun.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths and data lessons ranking means putting items in order (1st, 2nd, 3rd) by size or score; in sport and news rankings compare players, teams and schools. Phrases: «world ranking», «top ranking», «ranking list», «ranking order».

### Examples

- She is ranked number one in the world rankings. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#x1)
- Ranking the planets by size, Jupiter comes first. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#x2)
- Our team rose in the league rankings after three wins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#x3)
- The ranking officer gave the orders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#x4)
- We did a ranking of our favourite books from 1 to 10. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#x5)
- Websites appear in a ranking when you search online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/#x6)

### Note

Countable: ranking, rankings. Maths: ranking puts data in order; a tie can share a ranking (joint 2nd). Ranking from smallest to largest is «ascending order»; largest to smallest is «descending order». Rank 1 is the top, so a lower rank number means a better place.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ranking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ranking/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ranking» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ranking.html) on Mova free.