hierarchy
11hierarchy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complex ▪ rigid, strict ▪ the rigid class hierarchy of rural society ▪ traditional ▪ existing …
12hierarchy — [[t]ha͟ɪ͟ərɑː(r)ki[/t]] hierarchies 1) N VAR: usu with supp A hierarchy is a system of organizing people into different ranks or levels of importance, for example in society or in a company. Like most other American companies with a rigid… …
13hierarchy */*/ — UK [ˈhaɪəˌrɑː(r)kɪ] / US [ˈhaɪəˌrɑrkɪ] noun Word forms hierarchy : singular hierarchy plural hierarchies 1) [countable/uncountable] a system for organizing people according to their status in a society, organization, or other group the… …
14hierarchy — n. 1) to rise in the hierarchy 2) an academic; church; corporate; military; ruling hierarchy * * * [ haɪ(ə)rɑːkɪ] church corporate military ruling hierarchy an academic to rise in the hierarchy …
15hierarchy — hi|er|ar|chy [ haıə,rarki ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount a system for organizing people according to their status in a society, organization, or other group: the management/Church/social hierarchy He reached a high level within the Soviet… …
16hierarchy — /ˈhaɪəraki / (say huyuhrahkee) noun (plural hierarchies) 1. any system of persons or things in a graded order, etc. 2. Science a series of successive terms of different rank. The terms phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species …
17hierarchy — hier|ar|chy [ˈhaıra:ki US a:r ] n plural hierarchies [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ierarchie, from Latin, from Greek hierarches, from hieros holy + arches ruler (from archein to rule )] 1.) [U and C] a system of organization in which… …
18hierarchy — noun (plural chies) Etymology: Middle English ierarchie rank or order of holy beings, from Anglo French jerarchie, from Medieval Latin hierarchia, from Late Greek, from Greek hierarchēs Date: 14th century 1. a division of angels 2. a. a ruling… …
19hierarchy — /huy euh rahr kee, huy rahr /, n., pl. hierarchies. 1. any system of persons or things ranked one above another. 2. government by ecclesiastical rulers. 3. the power or dominion of a hierarch. 4. an organized body of ecclesiastical officials in… …
20Hierarchy — A formal set of relationships which determines the precedence of each member. For example many things in automated systems are defaulted. You can create something which overrides the default at, for example, either the customer level or on an… …
