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senior position

senior position

3 3.4
A job at a high level with much responsibility
  • noun
translation icon : cargo superior
  • But my opinion of some of the people that were hired in senior positions couldn't possibly be any lower.
  • holding senior position
  • most senior position

So what that's suggesting is that women are not being promoted to senior positions with higher pay.

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Examples

  • The 1991 Hong Kong population census shows that in each major occupation, women's incomes are below those of men, and senior positions are predominantly filled by men.

    Academic text (1997)

  • And again, these are for more senior positions, the kind that are allowed to approve or not approve of samples.

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  • However, they did not change their process for the more senior positions.

    Blog text (1)

  • You spoke about this hypermasculinity that got you to a senior position at one of the world's leading organisations.

  • Instead, the focus is usually on the disproportionate numbers of men in senior positions, relative to their presence in the profession as a whole.

    Academic text (2003)

  • So what that's suggesting is that women are not being promoted to senior positions with higher pay.

    Triggernometry

  • Because white males tend to hold the senior positions of power in institutions, they become the culture-bearers for new faculty members.

    Academic text (2005)

  • All but two opposition presidential candidates in 1992 held senior positions in Moi's government in the 1980s.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Militaru, in turn, then reactivated some 20 reserve officers, appointing them to the most senior positions within the military.

    Academic text (2001)

  • I changed jobs in February to a much more senior position in a new company.

Synonyms

office
vssenior position
∞ 1.6

A job with official power in a government or organization

is a high-level role with significant authority and broad responsibility
higher rank
vssenior position
6 3.9

A position with more authority and status than others in a group

is a job at the top level focusing on responsibility rather than privilege
senior status
vssenior position
  • Formal
1 4.9

A higher position that an organization gives to people with more years of work or experience

is a work role with high responsibility and formal authority

Antonyms

junior
99 2.4

Having lower rank or less experience than another person

How Senior

executive
929 4.6
senior position
3 3.4
mid-level
3.9
low-level
25 3.3
junior
99 2.4

Surface Forms

senior position singular
senior positions plural

Morphology

senior + position

The constituents 'senior' (higher rank/status) and 'position' (standing) transparently suggest a higher standing or priority, so a B1 learner who knows the words can infer a sense of greater precedence. However, the precise finance-law meaning — a claim or debt that has legal priority in repayment — is a specialized, domain-specific extension that is not fully predictable from the words alone, so it is only partially transparent.

Etymology

Senior position comes from the simple image of a senior person sitting at the head or standing above others in a high position, showing more experience and control. So it now means a 'high-level job' with more responsibility.