English Online Dictionary. What means ranking? What does ranking mean?
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
- Rhymes: -ænkɪŋ
Verb
ranking
- present participle and gerund of rank
Adjective
ranking (comparative more ranking, superlative most ranking)
- (in combination) Having a specified rank.
- Superior in rank.
- Prominent or outstanding.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
ranking (plural rankings)
- One’s relative placement in a list.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
Anagrams
- narking
Basque
Alternative forms
- rankin (nonstandard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish ranking, from English ranking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rankin/, [rãŋ.kĩn]
Noun
ranking inan
- ranking
Declension
Further reading
- "ranking" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English ranking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraŋ.kiŋk/
- Rhymes: -aŋkiŋk
- Syllabification: ran‧king
Noun
ranking m inan
- ranking (placement in a list)
- Synonym: gradacja
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- ranking in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ranking in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.
Pronunciation
Noun
ranking m (plural rankings)
- ranking
- Synonym: classificação
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrankin/ [ˈrãŋ.kĩn]
- Rhymes: -ankin
Noun
ranking m (plural rankings)
- ranking
- Synonym: clasificación
Usage notes
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.
Further reading
- “ranking”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014