ranking UK /ˈɹæn.kɪŋ/US /ˈɹæŋ.kɪŋ/adjective 3noun 2forms 3 adjective3 •[in compounds] Having a specified rank. •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. — 2002 •Prominent or outstanding. noun2 •The placing of something in a list, for comparison with others. •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. — 2018 formsrankings · more ranking · most ranking