ranked

verb

Definition of rankednext
past tense of rank
1
as in was
to take or have a certain position within a group arranged in vertical classes my favorite pitcher ranks first in the league for number of consecutive outs

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Relevance
2
as in classified
to arrange or assign according to type most critics would rank him among our best actors

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ranked
  1. classified
  2. placed
  3. relegated
  4. distinguished
  5. distributed
  6. listed
  7. categorized
Verb
  • It was classified as dance/electronic and won.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2024
  • When pericarditis recurs more than four weeks after the first flare has stopped, it is classified as recurrent pericarditis, or RP.
    Carol Schram, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of classified
Verb
  • Due to a lack of regulatory oversight, the reports were inconsistent and were little more than marketing materials to be placed on a company’s website.
    Jon McGowan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • But Ong’s business practices were placed under the microscope after his ties with Iswaran led to the worst graft scandal in the financial hub for decades.
    Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of placed
Verb
  • The last 8 teams will compete to determine the 2 teams to be relegated to the second division.
    Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • And though midnight movie screenings are still enjoyed by niche audiences, spook shows have been all but completely relegated to history.
    Scott Feinblatt, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
Definition of relegated
Verb
  • Watching her play was like watching a musician pull off increasingly sophisticated sleights of hand, but what truly distinguished Williams wasn’t the spectacle of her performance but the clarity of her compositions.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Ming Smith’s photography displayed at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art would be distinguished at any art museum in the nation.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of distinguished
Verb
  • Altogether, there are four bedrooms and four bathrooms, plus an additional powder room, distributed over roughly 4,200 square feet.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2024
  • As a replacement, MLB produced the games and distributed the games locally.
    Brad Adgate, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of distributed
Verb
  • The wildfire danger is high in all of the counties with burn bans except Yell, where it is listed as moderate on the division's website.
    NWA Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The addresses listed are those given for tax purposes.
    Gege Reed, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of listed
Verb
  • Previous research has suggested that youth who are categorized as obese tend to have lower muscle strength than those considered normal weight.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
  • All their transactional data get pulled in, purchases categorized, receipts matched, and accounts reconciled.
    Ryan Lawler, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of categorized
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