higher-up
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈhaɪər ʌp/
- Informal
:
superior
- At MS, you are employed "at will," and who knows when a higher-up decides you don't have a job anymore.
- higher-ups in my department
- higher-ups know
Why didn't the people on the ship, not the higher ups?
- Why didn't the people on the ship, not the higher ups?
- So basically it's crystal clear that Apple higher ups recognize the value of iMessage lock in.
- But when it seems like her powers are maybe too strong, the higher ups in the Academy kind of take notice and it maybe isn't a good again concept.
- What I've been told by, by, by one of the higher ups in the Sinhala cartel is something very straightforward, which makes sense.
- She's twice that said a higher up on one of his campaigns.
- I think the higher ups, they might be something, but you know that they'll have to live with that.
- I find the higher up that, you know, having to deal with superintendents and chief constables, there's no compassion.
Examples
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Management of the money by the higher-ups shows the greed and mismanagement of the needed funds so the teachers can educate.
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At least some of the higher-ups are talking about how it's time to stop wasting time and money with candidates that have no business running.
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My boss wants to pay for all of it, but we'll have to see what the higher-ups say.
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But the higher-ups really need to listen to the city and encourage people to stay home, not to come in.
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Higher-ups had a chat with me last night.
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So basically it's crystal clear that Apple higher ups recognize the value of iMessage lock in.
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Hedgepeth, who has been with the university since 2008 and was promoted to her last post in 2010, reportedly performed her duties to the satisfaction of higher-ups and never received any complaints about her job performance.
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We need to address such complaints to the people who have real power: the higher-ups at TSA, the TSA bloggers (who may not have much power but certainly have a voice), and our elected officials.
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We’d talk about how you have to do what the higher-ups said to do, even if you didn’t want to (barring unethical or illegal requests, of course), and you had to do it to the best of your ability.
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The employees often appealed to the higher-ups for support with their projects.
Synonyms
102
4.9
A person who has higher rank or authority in a group
21
4.6
A person with the most power in a group
5
7.1
A person with an important job in an organization
3
8.4
A person who is the most important leader in a group or organization
1
8.0
A person or group above you in a sales team
1
9.9
A person who has a high position in a church or other group
A person who has higher rank in a group or organization
Antonyms
How High
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4.5
- Informal
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4.2
∞
1.6
346
2.8
90
1.5
99
2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
higher-up = higher (transparent) = up + higher
The noun clearly derives from the compound idea 'higher' + 'up' meaning someone higher in rank, which B1 learners can readily infer. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Higher-up comes from joining higher and up and literally means someone who is 'higher up' in the company or building, like a manager upstairs. So a higher-up is a person with more rank or authority.