ranking
See also: ránking
English
Adjective
ranking (comparative more ranking, superlative most ranking)
- (in combination) Having a specified rank.
- Superior in rank.
- 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 — […]
- 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.
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Translations
having a specified rank
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Descendants
Translations
placement in a list
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Anagrams
Basque
Alternative forms
- rankin (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rankin/, [rãŋ.kĩn]
Declension
Declension of ranking (inanimate, ending in consonant)
| indefinite | singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | ranking | rankinga | rankingak |
| ergative | rankingek | rankingak | rankingek |
| dative | rankingi | rankingari | rankingei |
| genitive | rankingen | rankingaren | rankingen |
| comitative | rankingekin | rankingarekin | rankingekin |
| causative | rankingengatik | rankingarengatik | rankingengatik |
| benefactive | rankingentzat | rankingarentzat | rankingentzat |
| instrumental | rankingez | rankingaz | rankingez |
| inessive | rankingetan | rankingean | rankingetan |
| locative | rankingetako | rankingeko | rankingetako |
| allative | rankingetara | rankingera | rankingetara |
| terminative | rankingetaraino | rankingeraino | rankingetaraino |
| directive | rankingetarantz | rankingerantz | rankingetarantz |
| destinative | rankingetarako | rankingerako | rankingetarako |
| ablative | rankingetatik | rankingetik | rankingetatik |
| partitive | rankingik | — | — |
| prolative | rankingtzat | — | — |
Further reading
- "ranking" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈraŋ.kiŋk/
- Rhymes: -aŋkiŋk
- Syllabification: ran‧king
Declension
Portuguese
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrankin/ [ˈrãŋ.kĩn]
- Rhymes: -ankin
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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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