hierarchy

noun

OPAL W

/ˈhaɪərɑːki/

/ˈhaɪərɑːrki/

(plural hierarchies)

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[countable, uncountable] a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest
- the social/political hierarchy
- She's quite high up in the management hierarchy.
Extra Examples
- He joined the party in 1966 and quickly moved up the hierarchy.
- She is above me in the hierarchy.
- There was a clear hierarchy of power in the company.
- At the bottom of the corporate hierarchy are part-time low-paid workers.
- In most large families there is a hierarchy of age, with the older siblings having more status.
- Why does there need to be such a strict hierarchy within the church?
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complex
- rigid
- strict
- …
verb + hierarchy
- create
- develop
- establish
- …
hierarchy + verb
- be based on something
preposition
- in a/the hierarchy
- within a/the hierarchy
- hierarchy of
- …
phrases
- somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy
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[countable + singular or plural verb] the group of people in control of a large organization or institution
- It was on orders from the party hierarchy that she dropped the investigation.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- complex
- rigid
- strict
- …
verb + hierarchy
- create
- develop
- establish
- …
hierarchy + verb
- be based on something
preposition
- in a/the hierarchy
- within a/the hierarchy
- hierarchy of
- …
phrases
- somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy
See full entry
[countable] (formal) a system that ideas or beliefs can be arranged into according to their importance
- a hierarchy of needs

Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhēs ‘ruler’. The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th cent.

单词	hierarchy
释义	hierarchy noun OPAL W /ˈhaɪərɑːki/ /ˈhaɪərɑːrki/ (plural hierarchies) jump to other results [countable, uncountable] a system, especially in a society or an organization, in which people are organized into different levels of importance from highest to lowest the social/political hierarchy She's quite high up in the management hierarchy. Extra Examples He joined the party in 1966 and quickly moved up the hierarchy. She is above me in the hierarchy. There was a clear hierarchy of power in the company. At the bottom of the corporate hierarchy are part-time low-paid workers. In most large families there is a hierarchy of age, with the older siblings having more status. Why does there need to be such a strict hierarchy within the church? Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective complex rigid strict … verb + hierarchy create develop establish … hierarchy + verb be based on something preposition in a/the hierarchy within a/the hierarchy hierarchy of … phrases somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy See full entry [countable + singular or plural verb] the group of people in control of a large organization or institution It was on orders from the party hierarchy that she dropped the investigation. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective complex rigid strict … verb + hierarchy create develop establish … hierarchy + verb be based on something preposition in a/the hierarchy within a/the hierarchy hierarchy of … phrases somebody’s level, position, status, etc. in a hierarchy See full entry [countable] (formal) a system that ideas or beliefs can be arranged into according to their importance a hierarchy of needs Word Originlate Middle English: via Old French and medieval Latin from Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs ‘sacred ruler’, from hieros ‘sacred’ + arkhēs ‘ruler’. The earliest sense was ‘system of orders of angels and heavenly beings’; the other senses date from the 17th cent.
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