Lists or systems that show the positions or levels of people, teams, or things in order from best to worst.
From 'rank' (from Old French 'ranc' meaning row or line) plus '-ing' as a noun, and '-s' for plural. Modern usage expanded greatly with competitive sports in the 20th century.
Modern rankings dominate everything from schools to search engines—Google's PageRank algorithm actually used the mathematical concept of ranking to revolutionize how we find information!
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