ranked
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks: Describes something that has been organized or placed into a hierarchical order based on quality, importance, or performance.
Usage
The adjective "ranked" is used to describe items, people, or entities that have been assigned a specific position within an ordered list or hierarchy. It often implies a comparative or competitive context.
Examples
- Adjective:
- She is the top-ranked player in the tournament. (She holds the highest position in the tournament's ordered list of players.)
- The university is consistently ranked among the best in the world. (The university is consistently placed in a high position on lists that order universities by quality.)
- The report presented a list of ranked priorities for the project. (The report showed a list of project priorities arranged in order of importance.)
Advanced Usage
- "ranked data": In statistics, data that has been sorted or ordered.
- The survey results were analyzed using methods for ranked data.
- "ranked-choice voting": An electoral system where voters rank candidates in order of preference.
- The city adopted ranked-choice voting for local elections.
Variants and Related Words
- Rank (verb): To assign a position within a scale.
- How do you rank these options in order of importance?
- Ranking (noun): The position or the act of assigning a position.
- Her ranking improved after the last competition.
- Unranked (adjective): Not placed in a ranked order or list.
Synonyms
- Graded: Arranged in levels or steps.
- Stratified: Formed, deposited, or arranged in layers or strata; often used in technical contexts similar to "ranked."
- Hierarchical: Organized according to a system of ranks.
Antonyms
- Unordered: Not arranged in any specific sequence.
- Unranked: Not assigned a rank or position in an order.
Adjective
- arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks
- stratified areas of the distribution