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- Dictionaryhierarchy/ˈhʌɪ(ə)rɑːki/
noun
- 1. a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority: "the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy"
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a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: social hierarchy Some monkeys have a very complex social hierarchy. political hierarchy He rose quickly through the political hierarchy to become party leader. the people in the upper levels of an organization who control it. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
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 meaning: 1. a system in which people or things are arranged according to their importance: 2. the people in…. Learn more.
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 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 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.
Categorization or arrangement of a group of people or things into such ranks or grades: classification by hierarchy; discounting the effects of hierarchy.
