# ranked

Pronunciation: say "RANKT" /ɹæŋkt/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of rank. — simple past and past participle of rank
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of rank. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _Critics ranked the album among the year's finest releases._
   - _The candidates were ranked according to their test scores._

## Adjective

2. Arranged or organized in ranks, or placed in order according to rank.
   - Simple: Arranged in order, such as from highest to lowest or best to worst.
   - _The committee produced a ranked shortlist of the strongest applicants._
   - _A ranked tournament seeds players according to their previous results._

## Origin

Formed from "rank" combined with the suffix "-ed".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/ranked (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).