順位
Meanings
1
rank; placing; order; precedence
Refers to a relative position in an ordered list, competition, ranking, priority order, or sequence. Common with verbs such as 上がる, 下がる, 決まる, and つける.
As a result of the tournament, her placing was third.
I’m looking into ways to raise the ranking of the search results.
In the case of a tie, the standings are decided by goal difference.
Usage patterns
- 順位が上がるone's rank goes up
His team's rank went up this week.
- 順位が下がるone's rank goes down
My rank went down because of a bad test score.
- 順位を決めるto decide the rankings
The rankings were decided by the judges' votes.
- 順位をつけるto assign a rank/order
I ranked my preferred companies in order and submitted the list.
- 〈数〉位になるto come in nth place
I came in third place in the marathon.
Expressions
- つつきの順位pecking order; peck order
- スピアマンの順位相関係数Spearman's rank correlation coefficient