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to echelon

to echelon

7.5
To place people or things in stepped lines
  • verb
  • /ˈɛʃəˌlɒn/
translation icon : escalonar
  • The manager echelons the team members by their skills.

Examples

  • In the new system, responsibilities are echeloned according to experience and seniority.

  • The military units were echeloned to ensure clear lines of command.

  • The project tasks were carefully echeloned to avoid confusion among the team members.

  • We need to echelon the tasks for better efficiency.

  • The troops were echeloned in a strategic formation to enhance visibility and communication.

  • The dancers were echeloned in rows, creating an impressive visual display during the performance.

  • To optimize the workflow, the team members were echeloned by their skills and responsibilities.

Synonyms

to tier
vsto echelon
12 3.8

To arrange things in levels one above another, like layers on a cake

uses step-like hierarchical arrangement rather than simple stacked layers
to hierarchize
vsto echelon
1 7.7

To put people or things in order by importance

focuses on visual step-like placement rather than ranking by importance
to levelize
vsto echelon
  • US
7.8

To put people and things into groups based on skill or need

focuses on step-like or ranked placement rather than mere grouping
to ordinate
vsto echelon
8.2

To put things in order so they are easy to find

emphasizes step-like hierarchical structure rather than any general order

Surface Forms

echelon infinitive
echeloned past
echeloned past participle
echeloning present participle
echelons third person singular

Etymology

Echelon comes from French échelon, meaning a 'rung' or 'step' of a ladder (from Latin scala 'ladder'). To echelon people or tasks is to place them like ladder steps, one behind and to the side of another, so the verb keeps the idea of arranging things in 'steps'.