ranking

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of rank

adj

1. (in-compounds)Having a specified rank.
2. Superior in rank.

   “Eldred Pottinger was now the ranking political officer and had negotiated—at the insistence of the army's officers—an unmolested passage to Jalalabad.”

3. Prominent or outstanding.

   “In a region as large and sparsely populated as this, it is not surprising that there are few cities. Hu-ho-hao-t’e and Pao-t’ou are the two ranking cities of Inner Mongolia. Hu-ho-hao-t’e, the capital of the region, is one of China's famous ancient cities; it was once a trade center to which the wool, hides, food, and medicine from the surrounding grasslands were brought.”

   “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 — […]”

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The placing of something in a list, for comparison with others.
2. (countable)One’s relative placement in a list, especially to indicate relative quality, size, success etc.

   “Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) CEO Warren Buffett and Facebook's (FB) Mark Zuckerberg rank third and fourth in the world's richest rankings.”