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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sheersh-stha
"यह देश का एक शीर्षस्थ संस्थान है।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Occupying the highest position in a ranking, list, or hierarchy of quality, performance, or status.
"The university is widely recognized as a top-ranked institution for computer science." - 2
Positioned among the elite or best within a specific competitive group.
"She faced her toughest opponent yet, a top-ranked tennis player from Spain."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in English as a compound adjective by combining the noun 'top' (from Old English 'top', meaning highest part) and the participial adjective 'ranked' (from 'rank', derived from Old French 'ranc', meaning a row or line). It emerged in modern usage to denote entities holding the highest position in a formal classification or hierarchy.
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de premier rang
Transliteration: duh pruh-myay rahng
"C'est une université de premier rang."
spitzenplatziert
Transliteration: ʃpɪt.tsən.pla.t͡siːɐ̯t
"Dies ist ein spitzenplatziertes Unternehmen."
al vertice
Transliteration: al ver-ti-che
"È un ospedale al vertice della classifica."
de alto rango
Transliteration: de al-to ran-go
"Es un atleta de alto rango internacional."
bem-classificado
Transliteration: bẽy-klasi-fika-du
"Este é um restaurante bem-classificado."
शीर्षस्थ
Transliteration: sheersh-stha
"यह देश का एक शीर्षस्थ संस्थान है।"
顶尖的
Transliteration: dǐngjiān de
"这是一所顶尖的大学。"
최고 랭킹의
Transliteration: choe-go raeng-king-ui
"그는 최고 랭킹의 선수이다."
最高位の
Transliteration: saikō-i no
"彼女は最高位のテニス選手です。"
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