ranking

[ rang-king ]

adjective

1. senior or superior in rank, position, etc.:

   a ranking diplomat.

2. prominent or highly regarded:

   a ranking authority on Soviet affairs.

3. occupying a specific rank, position, etc. (often used in combination):

   a low-ranking executive.

noun

1. an act or instance of indicating relative standing.
2. a list showing such standing.

ranking

/ ˈræŋkɪŋ /

adjective

1. prominent; high ranking
2. slang.
   possessed of style; fashionable; exciting

noun

1. a position on a scale; rating

   a ranking in a tennis tournament

Word History and Origins

Origin of ranking¹

First recorded in 1860–65; rank ¹ + -ing ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

So, go check your rankings and Google organic traffic for any changes.

From Search Engine Land

From 2011 to 2020, the average ranking of an Australian Open quarterfinalist was No.

From FiveThirtyEight

They are directly related to your website’s search ranking and visibility.

From Search Engine Watch

Although, Google has said there is nothing SEOs need to change for passage ranking, it is more about how Google understands your content.

From Search Engine Land

Ways and Means’ ranking Republican, criticized what he called “higher subsidies for the failing Obamacare program.”

From Washington Post

Despite its ranking at the bottom of most international development indexes, the conflict is shrouded by confusion.

From The Daily Beast

Delta is a Platinum Global Partner, ranking them among the highest-level contributors to the association.

From The Daily Beast

In a ranking of gender-based economic disparity, Turkey is 126th out of 136 countries.

From The Daily Beast

But his ranking Democratic member just told an amusing story about Issa.

From The Daily Beast

BuzzFeed provided the “definitive ranking” of its favorite characters in the montage.

From The Daily Beast

In this city he encountered his former ranking officer, shorn of all his possessions, and just emerging from an insane asylum.

From Project Gutenberg

We must preserve their original names, and instead of ranking them with the apes, we should begin by comparing them together.

From Project Gutenberg

"Ranking sergeants of each platoon report here," called Captain Foster quietly, as he halted.

From Project Gutenberg

Michael Strogoff belonged to the special corps of the Czar's couriers, ranking as an officer among those picked men.

From Project Gutenberg

It was safe enough for a high-ranking labman to gripe about Security—in fact, it was more or less expected.

From Project Gutenberg