ladder
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3.2
- noun
- /ˈlædər/
:
escalera
- A career used to be a ladder of opportunities within a single company.
- career ladder
- climb the ladder
- social ladder
The the basic first few rungs of the ladder of a capitalist climb.
- The the basic first few rungs of the ladder of a capitalist climb.
- You'll feel socially down the ladder instead of up the ladder.
- And so on net, you have more ladders to climb.
- The same ladder we've climbed is the same ladder you slip down.
- So just mark this as another run on the ladder of our ascent to doom.
- So it was like, it feels like I climbed up this ladder of success.
- Bro comedians had to be like climbing up the ladder.
- I didn't look ever at my career as climbing the ladder.
- And then I worked my way up climbing the ladder rung by rock.
Examples
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As you keep climbing the ladder, don't forget to count the rungs.
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So I was climbing up the ladder of success like a rocket ship.
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A lot of people higher up the ladder want to close us down entirely.
Fiction book (1996) -
And the theory was that you climb this ladder, you feel safe and secure.
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Trying to climb our way up the spiritual ladder, do better, be better.
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Somehow she had never thought of Teddy climbing the success ladder along with everyone else.
Fiction book (1990) -
A concern related to the career ladder proposal is the elitism it seems to reflect.
Academic text (1992) -
Many women face challenges as they navigate the corporate ladder after starting a family.
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He successfully climbed the corporate ladder and was promoted to senior manager within five years.
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After years of hard work, she finally reached the top of the career ladder in her field.
Synonyms
25
2.7
A series of jobs someone has during their working life that lead to higher roles
13
4.2
How people in a group are arranged by who has more power or status
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4.1
A series of job levels in a company that people move up to reach higher positions with more responsibility
4
3.7
A way to show who has more money, power, or respect
3
3.5
A series of job levels a person moves up to reach higher positions
A way that helps a person reach their goals, often by hard work
Antonyms
Idioms
To move up in a company by getting promotions and more responsibility
To improve social position by getting more money, education, or important friends
To succeed and then stop others from getting the same chances
Compounds
- Informal
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4.1
A series of job levels in a company that people move up to reach higher positions with more responsibility
- Specialized
1
3.7
A fire engine with a long ladder that stretches to reach high places and rescue people
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3.0
A short portable structure with flat steps and two sides joined at the top to form an A shape
- Specialized
1
5.6
A long ladder on a fire truck that extends to reach high places and rescue people
- Specialized
A portable stair that hangs over the side of a ship to let people get to a boat or pier
- Specialized
A fire engine with a long ladder that can extend to reach high places for fighting fires or rescuing people
- Specialized
A tool with hinged sections that fold and lock to reach different heights
- Specialized
A light narrow ladder on a ship that sailors climb to reach the monkey bridge
- Specialized
A European plant with leaves of many small leaflets and blue or white flowers
A plant with upright stems and white flowers that lives many years in cold northern places
- Specialized
A rope ladder with wooden or metal steps that you use to board a ship from a small boat
- Specialized
A ladder lowered from a ship to let people climb aboard from the water or a small boat
How Effective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ladder is used for stages in life because people imagine moving up step by step on a real ladder. So to 'climb the ladder' means to move to a higher level in a job or in society.