rank order
Arrange by standing
Rank order is an arrangement of items from highest to lowest (or vice versa) according to some criterion.
Students might be listed in rank order by test scores, job candidates by qualifications, or priorities by urgency.
As a verb, to rank-order is to create such an arrangement: We rank-ordered the proposals by feasibility.
- totem poleCarved pillar with clan symbols
- food chainEcological feeding hierarchy
- chain of commandFormal authority hierarchy
- social ladderHierarchy of societal status
- tierHorizontal structural layer
hierarchy · quantile · prioritization · stratification · sorting · precedence · triage · percentile · seniority · echelon · organizational chart · caste system · leaderboard · ascending · bottom rung · level · subordinate · queue
- examsexam, test, quiz, final exam, midterm
- orderingalphabetical, numerical, chronological, sorting, sequencing
- precedencepriority, chain of command, seniority, sequence, right of way
- dominance displaysdisplay, alpha behavior, power stance, chest puffing, baring teeth
- pecking orderalpha, beta, omega, dominant, submissive
- Royal Protocolhierarchy, protocol, etiquette, nobility, peerage
rank orderalphabetical order
Arrangement by first letters
random order · chronological order · alphabetical sorting · reverse order
rank orderno particular order
unranked · random order · unsorted · unordered · disordered