rankings

noun

Definition of rankingsnext
plural of ranking
1
as in hierarchies
a scheme of rank or order in one ranking of the best places to live, San Francisco surpassed all the other cities in the U.S.

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Relevance
2
as in ranks
the placement of someone or something in relation to others in a vertical arrangement the President's ranking in the polls is at its highest level since he took office

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  1. hierarchies
  2. ladders
  3. scales
  4. series
  5. echelons
Noun
  • Then, five thousand or so years ago, after agriculture spread and prehistory gave way to history, hierarchies emerged, dividing our societies into groups—the socioeconomic élites and everyone else.
    Nikhil Krishnan, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • The neo-noir drama, which explores India’s social hierarchies through a criminal justice lens, returns with lead actors Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh and Gul Panag, joined by new cast members Tillotama Shome, Nagesh Kukunoor and Jahnu Barua.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of hierarchies
Noun
  • Pick it up for $124 to stow bikes, ladders, mowers, and gardening supplies inside, or keep shopping below for even more shippable finds from Amazon.
    Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Crews placed ground ladders to fire escapes in order to help evacuate occupants from the building on South Hope Street, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department news release.
    Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Definition of ladders
Noun
  • At current scales, nobody can compete with DJI.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Tipping the scales like that, the Area-51 laptops don’t feel like just a resurrection of Alienware’s flagship brand name but a throwback to older, basically immobile desktop replacement laptops.
    Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of scales
Noun
  • In the Japanese launch market, Toyota is taking on Mitsubishi, whose subsidiary Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed and launched the H3 series of rockets for JAXA, the country’s space agency.
    Michael Wayland,Michael Sheetz, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Last month, Nio also introduced another brand Firefly, which will compete in the high-end compact car market, taking on the likes of BMW’s Mini and the Mercedes Smart series of vehicles in China.
    Trefis Team, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
Definition of series
Noun
  • Driven by his instincts, Fok begins to dig deeper into the case, uncovering a labyrinthine conspiracy that threads through Hong Kong’s criminal underworld and its upper echelons of power.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In fact, substantial variation in outcomes for college graduates exists – and the Horatio Alger myth that education opens doors to the upper echelons of society is far from true.
    Michael Collins, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of echelons
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