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ranking
ranking
noun
Definition of RANKING
1
a scheme of rank or order <in one ranking of the best places to live, San Francisco surpassed all the other cities in the U.S.>
Related Words food chain, pecking order (also peck order); arrangement, array, disposal, disposition, distribution, sequence, series, setup; degree, echelon, footing, level, place, position, reaches, rung, situation, spot, standing, station, status
2
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement <the President's ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office>
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