echelon
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- noun
- /ˈɛʃəˌlɒn/
- Soon, the top echelon of society, the yangban class, was rapidly expanding.
- upper echelons
- the top echelon
- lower echelons
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Watch on YouTubeSo there's three like echelons of Scientologists.
- So there's three like echelons of Scientologists.
- We can overwork because we want to reach the next echelon of our career.
- People are practicing mindfulness from the highest to the lowest echelons.
- So I had access to the upper echelons of power in Utah government at that time of place.
- But is there a part of you that thinks that the highest value woman, the highest echelon of woman would agree with your lifestyle?
- The upper echelons of this regime are mostly older people, turbined.
- And and yet when it's the upper echelons of design, upper echelons of cuisine, all of a sudden it's a man's job.
- But there is actually a tangible yogic echelon that you get to where actually you understand you can't die.
- Within the higher Nazi echelons, the method to purge Europe from Jews, the Final Solution, is still under debate.
- I'm working my way up the echelon of, you know, these jurisdictions.
Examples
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Most of them served at the lowest echelon of the imperial hierarchy.
Academic text (1990) -
I'm from the lowest echelon of society in the UK.
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This is like upper echelon Hollywood chess play, right?
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The lower the echelon that was integrated, the more favorable the attitude change was.
Academic text (1995) -
We can overwork because we want to reach the next echelon of our career.
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But I think the people who are really successful and get to the most admirable echelon in their field have very high standards.
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to the upper echelons of the organization.
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If this is what the upper echelons of society do to enjoy themselves, then the crisis is worse than I thought.
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In bureaucratic systems, most of the power lies at the top echelons of the organization.
Academic text (2001) -
In many companies, the decisions are made by the upper echelon of executives who oversee all operations.
Synonyms
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1.1
A particular stage in a system or idea
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3.2
A position in a group that shows someone's status or authority
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3.7
A position in a system that shows rank, like first or second
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3.7
A job level that sets how much pay an employee gets
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7.8
A group of people with similar social position, income, and education
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3.8
A person's position in society based on wealth, family, or job
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Echelon comes from French échelon, meaning a 'rung' or 'step' of a ladder (from Latin scala 'ladder'). Think of an organisation as a ladder where each 'rung' is a level or rank, so being in a high echelon means being on a higher 'step' of power.