Ranked Rank World Ræŋk Order Greatest Past Player

• the tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty.
• she is currently the highest ranked player in the world.
• top-ranked players
• voters regularly rank education as being more important than defence.

rank

1. to give somebody/something a particular position on a scale according to quality, importance, success, etc.; to have a position of this kind
• The tasks have been ranked in order of difficulty.
• She is currently the highest ranked player in the world.
• top-ranked players
• Voters regularly rank education as being more important than defence.
• At the height of her career she ranked second in the world.
• Last year, he was ranked second in his age group.
• The university is ranked number one in the country for engineering.
• It certainly doesn't rank as his greatest win.
• The restaurant ranks among the finest in town.
• This must rank with (= be as good as) the greatest movies ever made.
• Health and education rank highly with voters.
• You just don't rank (= you're not good enough).
2. to arrange objects in a line or row

Extra Examples

• He is a high-ranking officer in the Indian Army.
• He ranks among the greatest boxers of all time.
• She is now ranked in the top five hockey players in Britain.
• She ranks above any other musician of her generation.
• The children were ranked according to academic ability.
• The company ranks second among food manufacturers.
• The dandelion ranks ahead of both broccoli and spinach in nutritional value.
• Their performance ranks as the best of the year.
• These subjects ranked low for most students.
• This city ranks alongside London as one of the great tourist attractions of the world.
• This ranks with the great paintings of the 19th century.
• We beat a nationally ranked team.
• high-ranking officials
• ranked in order of size
• the tennis player ranked number two in the world
• He is now ranked number two in the world.
• He was ranked second in his age group.
• It certain doesn’t rank as their greatest win.
• It now ranks as Japan’s fourth largest market.
• Schools in our state continue to rank low in the nation.
• The collection ranks among the finest in the country.
• The criteria are ranked in order of importance.
• They both lost to top-ranked American players.
• You just don’t rank.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they rank
• he / she / it ranks
• past simple ranked
• past participle ranked
• past simple ranking
• past participle ranking

Word Origin

• verb Middle English (in the sense ‘row of things’): from Old French ranc, of Germanic origin; related to ring