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English noun: hierarchy | |||
| 1. | hierarchy (group) a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system | ||
| Samples | Put honesty first in her hierarchy of values. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | series | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | celestial hierarchy, data hierarchy, taxonomy | ||
| Part meronym | scheme, system | ||
| 2. | hierarchy (group) the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body | ||
| Synonyms | pecking order, power structure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | organisation, organization | ||
| Part meronym | administration, brass, establishment, governance, governing body, organisation, organization | ||
| Member holonym | hierarch | ||
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