Vocabulary
Hierarchy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- In the divine hierarchy, money, family connections and other ephemeral affiliations have no value; only a person`s character counts.
- Given the hierarchy of decision-making currently in play, security and foreign policy are shaped by concerns of military strategy, rather than any other motivation.
- The result is a rigid social hierarchy that Pakistan has yet to dismantle.
- Reduce the tiers in the bureaucratic hierarchy, merge divisions which have proliferated and abolish posts lying vacant for over three years.
- If changes are not made to the hierarchy, one can`t expect the new incumbents to introduce efficiency to the governance structure.
Synonyms
pecking order, ranking, grading, ladder, social order, social stratum, social scale
Antonyms
ungraded, unordered, unranked
Curator example
“the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy”
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