单词 | ranking |
释义 | ranking (once / 875 pages) nadj Your spot on a scale is your ranking. If your football team has a #10 ranking and you’re playing #1, well good luck. Your class ranking is how you measure up. The student with the highest ranking is the valedictorian. All kinds of things have rankings, from the top 100 colleges in the US to a person's constantly updated list of favorite horror movies. Athletes and the teams they play for have rankings too. In the military, someone who has a higher rank, or position, than anyone else who's present might say, "As the ranking officer, I'll command the troops to retreat." WORD FAMILYranking: rankings+/rank: ranked, ranker, rankest, ranking, rankly, rankness, ranks/ranked: unranked/ranker: rankers/rankness: ranknesses USAGE EXAMPLESFor example, the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute does health rankings of counties in every state. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The teams were regarded among the best in the region, according to MaxPreps.com’s computer rankings. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) As high-school basketball players return from the holiday break, they’ll find The Seattle Times state basketball rankings mostly the same — at least at the top. Seattle Times(Jan 01, 2017) 1n position on a scale in relation to others Hyper standing social or financial or professional status or reputation 2adj having a higher rank Syn higher-ranking, superior senior older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service |
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