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Ranking   /rˈæŋkɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Rank  v. t.  (past & past part. ranked; pres. part. ranking)  
1.
To place abreast, or in a line.
2.
To range in a particular class, order, or division; to class; also, to dispose methodically; to place in suitable classes or order; to classify. "Ranking all things under general and special heads." "Poets were ranked in the class of philosophers." "Heresy is ranked with idolatry and witchcraft."
3.
To take rank of; to outrank. (U.S.)


Rank  v. i.  
1.
To be ranged; to be set or disposed, as in a particular degree, class, order, or division. "Let that one article rank with the rest."
2.
To have a certain grade or degree of elevation in the orders of civil or military life; to have a certain degree of esteem or consideration; as, he ranks with the first class of poets; he ranks high in public estimation.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"Ranking" Quotes from Famous Books



... Eustace considered the number of the immediate vassals of the church whose aid he might legally command, his heart sunk at the thoughts of ranking them under the banner of the fierce and profligate ...
— The Monastery • Sir Walter Scott
... a great part in ranking men. Quintilian reckoned it the measure of genius. The poets represented the muses ...
— A Man's Value to Society - Studies in Self Culture and Character • Newell Dwight Hillis
... pollock and hake are the principal food fishes procured from this bank, ranking in volume in the order named. In value, however, halibut takes third place in the list. Cod are plentiful here in winter, though fewer vessels fish here than on Georges Bank, at that season. At other seasons the codfishery on Browns Bank compares favorably with that of other banks ...
— Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine • Walter H. Rich
... extracts of these letters were printed. He protested against the abuse made of them, and maintained[692] that if people would candidly read his works, they would easily be convinced of the injustice of ranking him with Socinians. ...
— The Life of the Truly Eminent and Learned Hugo Grotius • Jean Levesque de Burigny
... series of investigations by Drs. Benoysten and Lombard into occupations or trades where workers must inhale dust, it appears that mineral dust is the most detrimental to health, animal dust ranking ...
— Pushing to the Front • Orison Swett Marden


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