(rankings)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In many sports, the list of the best players made by an official organization is called the rankings.
...the 25 leading teams in the world rankings...
N-PLURAL: the N
2.
Someone's ranking is their position in an official list of the best players of a sport.
Agassi was playing well above his world ranking of 12.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
3.
The ranking member of a group, usually a political group, is the most senior person in it. (AM)
...the ranking Republican on the senate intelligence committee.
ADJ: ADJ n