Betekenis van ranking In het Nederlands

• 0 a rank or level, for example in a competition:

  • Last year Wiseman rose from 266 to 35 in the tennis world rankings.

  • The city's housing costs were enough to earn it a ranking of 66th nationally.

• 1 being the officer of highest rank present at a particular time:

  • General Steinberger was the ranking officer present at the meeting.

• 2 having the highest rank or standing in relation to others of the same kind:

  • The Senator is the ranking Republican on the committee.

• 3 the position or level something or someone has in a list that compares their importance, quality, success, etc.:

  • Figures in brackets indicate the ranking of the leading host economies on a per capita basis.

  • The UK's actual ranking won't be known until a new Top 500 list is released.

• 4 a list that compares the importance, quality, success, etc. of people or things of the same type:

  • The company has dropped in the Franchise 500 ranking from No. 23 last year to No. 59.

• 5 the action of deciding where someone or something should be in a list that compares things of the same type:

  • The ranking system is based on a complicated formula with different items such as reputation or performance carrying different weights.

  • ranking as sth She referred to the bank's ranking by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as the largest purchaser of green-power energy credits in the United States.

• 6 having the highest position of authority in an organization, at a meeting, etc.:

  • He is the ranking member on several Senate subcommittees.