Vocabulary
Echelons
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
A level or Rank in an organization, a profession or society
Urdu meaning
عہد یا ترتیب دینا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- The book argues that major wealth in the country is concentrated among a limited number of families that dominate the principal political parties and leading firms and have family links with senior echelons of the military.
- In fact, despite pronouncements at the highest echelons of government, we are yet to see an effective strategy to make available improved quality vehicular fuel across the country.
- This kind of brutality reflects an autocratic mindset in the top echelons of the law-enforcement institutions.
- It was a moment that laid bare the vanity and selfimportance that so often taint the higher echelons of power and which perfectly encapsulated the disconnect between Pakistan`s political leadership and the realities of its people.
- This is not accidental, but a consequence of the larger exclusion of women from the top echelons of the legal profession in the country.
Synonyms
step; file; degree
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