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- DictionaryHi·er·ar·chy/ˈhī(ə)ˌrärkē/
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- 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"
HIERARCHY definition: 1. a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: 2. the people in…. Learn more.
noun. OPAL W. /ˈhaɪərɑːki/. /ˈhaɪərɑːrki/. (plural hierarchies) [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.
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.
Noun. Filter. noun. hierarchies. A system of church government by priests or other clergy in graded ranks. Webster's New World. Categorization or arrangement of a group of people or things into such ranks or grades. Classification by hierarchy; discounting the effects of hierarchy. American Heritage Medicine.
4 days ago · 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 companies with a rigid hierarchy, workers and managers had strictly defined duties.
HIERARCHY meaning: 1 : a group that controls an organization and is divided into different levels; 2 : a system in which people or things are placed in a series of levels with different importance or status.
