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- DictionaryHi·er·ar·chy/ˈhī(ə)ˌrärkē/
noun
- 1. a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority: "the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy"
1. : a division of angels. 2. a. : a ruling body of clergy organized into orders or ranks each subordinate to the one above it. especially : the bishops of a province or nation. b. : church government by a hierarchy. 3. : a body of persons in authority. 4.
HIERARCHY definition: 1. a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: 2. the people in…. Learn more.
Add to word list. a system in which the people within a company or organization are organized into levels according to the authority they have: Every organization has a hierarchy, and trying to understand that, and the systems and processes of the organization, is important.
noun. a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order. a body of persons in holy orders organized into graded ranks. the collective body of those so organized. a series of ordered groupings within a system, such as the arrangement of plants and animals into classes, orders, families, etc.
hierarchy. [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. She's quite high up in the management hierarchy.
Hierarchy describes a system that organizes or ranks things, often according to power or importance. At school the principal is at the top of the staff hierarchy, while the seniors rule the student hierarchy.
A hierarchy (from Greek: ἱεραρχία, hierarkhia, 'rule of a high priest', from hierarkhes, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another.
