Entry Word: ranking

Function: noun

Meaning: 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.> — see ³scale 1
2 the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement <the Presidentʼs ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office> — see rank 1