The meaning of Hierarchy

Hierarchy – definition

noun
A system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
Usage examples:
The initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy
Synonims:
Pecking order Ranking Grading Ladder Social order Social stratum Social scale Class system

noun
A system in which people or things are put at various levels or ranks according to their importance
Usage examples:
He rapidly rose in the corporate hierarchy.

noun
A system in which the people within a company or organization are organized into levels according to the authority they have
Usage examples:
Every organization has a hierarchy, and trying to understand that, and the systems and processes of…

Hierarchy translation into English

Hierarchy: translate from English into Chinese

等级制度, 阶层

Hierarchy: translate from English into Dutch

Hiërarchie, Priesterregering

Hierarchy: translate from English into French

Hiérarchie

Hierarchy: translate from English into German

Hierarchie, Rangordnung

Hierarchy: translate from English into Hindi

पदानुक्रम, अनुक्रम, पदक्रम, देवदूतों का वर्ग, पुरोहितों का राज्य, महान्तशाही, सोपानिकी, अधिक्रम

Hierarchy: translate from English into Italian

Gerarchia

Hierarchy: translate from English into Korean

계층, 체계, 계급 조직, 천사를 삼대별한 것의 하나

Hierarchy: translate from English into Russian

Иерархия, Священноначалие, Теократия

Hierarchy: translate from English into Spanish

Jerarquía

Word origin

late Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’ (see hierarch). The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly be

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Hierarchy – similar words

hierarchies

noun
A system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
Usage examples:
The initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy

noun
A system in which people or things are put at various levels or ranks according to their importance
Usage examples:
He rapidly rose in the corporate hierarchy.

noun
A system in which the people within a company or organization are organized into levels according to the authority they have
Usage examples:
Every organization has a hierarchy, and trying to understand that, and the systems and processes of…

All meanings and translations of Hierarchies

Hierarchy synonims

grading

verb
Arrange in or allocate to grades; classify or sort.
Usage examples:
The timber is graded according to its thickness

noun
A particular level of rank, quality, proficiency, or value.
Usage examples:
Sea salt is usually available in coarse or fine grades

noun
A mark indicating the quality of a student's work.
Usage examples:
I got good grades last semester

All meanings and translations of Grading

ladder

noun
A piece of equipment consisting of a series of bars or steps between two upright lengths of wood, metal, or rope, used for climbing up or down something.
Usage examples:
You run around climbing ladders, shimmying across ropes and running from one platform to another, c…

verb
(with reference to tights or stockings) develop or cause to develop a ladder.
Usage examples:
I laddered my tights as i arrived this morning

noun
A piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, and consisting of two vertical bars joined by a set of horizontal steps
Usage examples:
Fig. in only a few years she managed to climb up the corporate ladder (= achieve success in the bus…

All meanings and translations of Ladder

ranking

noun
A position in a hierarchy or scale.
Usage examples:
His world number-one ranking

adjective
Having a specified rank in a hierarchy.
Usage examples:
High-ranking army officers

verb
Give (someone or something) a rank or place within a grading system.
Usage examples:
Students ranked the samples in order of preference

All meanings and translations of Ranking

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