# ranking
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/
* (US) IPA: /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* 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.
** 2002, Stephen Tanner, Afghanistan: A Military History from Alexander the Great to the War against the Taliban, page 176:Eldred Pottinger was now the ranking political officer and had negotiated—at the insistence of the army's officers—an unmolested passage to Jalalabad.
* Prominent or outstanding.
** 1973, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Inner Mongolia”, in Christopher L. Salter, editor, Atlas of China‎, McGraw-Hill, Inc., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 188, column 1:In a region as large and sparsely populated as this, it is not surprising that there are few cities. Hu-ho-hao-t’e and Pao-t’ou are the two ranking cities of Inner Mongolia. Hu-ho-hao-t’e, the capital of the region, is one of China's famous ancient cities; it was once a trade center to which the wool, hides, food, and medicine from the surrounding grasslands were brought.
** 1990, Robert Christgau, Christgau's Record Guide: The '80s, page 48:But neither leader nor followers give up the rhythms or reasons of a ranking MC, and I'm grieved to report that only “Kick Out the Jams” overcomes the formlessness of personality his detractors have always charged him with — […]

#### Derived terms

* high-ranking
* top-ranking

#### Translations
### Noun

ranking (plural rankings)
* One’s relative placement in a list.

#### Derived terms

* rug ranking
* stack ranking

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: rànquing
* → Danish: ranking
* → German: Ranking
* → Japanese: ランキング (rankingu)
* → Korean: 랭킹 (raengking)
* → Polish: ranking
* → Portuguese: ranking
* → Russian: рэ́нкинг (rɛ́nking)
* → Spanish: ranking, ránking
* → Swedish: ranking

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* narking

## Basque
### Alternative forms

* rankin (nonstandard)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ranking, from English ranking.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rankin/, [rãŋ.kĩn]

### Noun

ranking inan
* ranking

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “ranking”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ranking, equivalent to ranken +‎ -ing.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ran‧king

### Noun

ranking f or m (plural rankings)
* ranking, relative placement in a list
    De ranking van dit ziekenhuis is in verschillende lijstjes van verschillende kranten heel anders.The ranking of this hospital is very different in different lists of different newspapers.
* ranking, classification
    In sporten als honkbal en basketbal worden in Amerika heel veel verschillende rankings bijgehouden.Many different rankings are maintained in America in sports such as baseball and basketball.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English ranking.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈraŋ.kiŋk/
* Rhymes: -aŋkiŋk
* Syllabification: ran‧king

### Noun

ranking m inan
* ranking (placement in a list)
    Synonym: gradacja

#### Derived terms

* rankingowy

### 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

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.kĩ/ [ˈhɐ̃.kĩ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.kĩ/ [ˈhɐ̃.kĩ]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.kĩ/ [ˈχɐ̃.kĩ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈʁɐ̃.kĩɡ/

### Noun

ranking m (plural rankings)
* ranking
    Synonym: classificação

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* ranquin

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ranking.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10