Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of the highest rank; preeminent.
- noun A listing of items in a group, such as schools or sports teams, according to a system of rating or a record of performance.
- noun A position in such a list.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of one who ranks.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective in combination having a specified
rank - adjective
superior - noun One’s relative
placement in alist . - verb Present participle of
rank .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a higher rank
- noun position on a scale in relation to others in a sport
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Examples
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Shadows of Ecstasy was among the top three and The Greater Trumps among the bottom four, but the difference in ranking is so subtle I am not sure I myself can always detect it.
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I think here his ranking is also due to what was accomplished domestically on his watch, which was impressive, whether or not it really happened because of him.
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+ importance of links in ranking is declining -- New sources of data and new features that Yahoo! has built and developed have made our ranking algorithm better.
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"We feel as the No. 1 other teams are going to come after us, but no matter what our ranking is we were the Pac-10 champions last year so they'll still come after us," Oregon linebacker Casey Matthews said.
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"We feel as the No. 1 other teams are going to come after us, but no matter what our ranking is we were the Pac-10 champions last year so they'll still come after us," Oregon linebacker Casey Matthews said.
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The 37th place ranking is often cited in today's overhaul debate, even though, in some ways, the U.S. actually ranked a lot higher.
October 29th, 2009 m_francis 2009
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Assuming the ranking from the link is still valid.
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"As far as the world ranking is concerned, yes, I'm not ranked No 1 in the world," Woods said.
Tiger Woods tumbles from golf's No. 1 ranking as Lee Westwood moves up Cindy Boren 2010
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If your ranking is low and – Heaven forbid – someone with the same name (and a less stellar reputation) is ranked above you, you can adjust your ranking by blogging or twittering for yourself and others.
Women Grow Business » How 10 Site Design Laws Relate to Good Living, part 2 2009
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If your ranking is low and – Heaven forbid – someone with the same name (and a less stellar reputation) is ranked above you, you can adjust your ranking by blogging or twittering for yourself and others.
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