Echelon
noun
A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
She has reached the upper echelons of the business world.
Often appears as...
- upper echelon
- lower echelon
noun
A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows.
The planes flew in an echelon formation.
Often appears as...
- echelon formation
- echelon attack
noun
A step-like formation or arrangement of things or people.
The audience was seated in an echelon.
Often appears as...
- seated in an echelon
- echelon arrangement
noun
A unit of military forces smaller than a division.
Enemy echelons are moving towards our borders.
Often appears as...
- enemy echelon
- combat echelon
noun
A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
She has reached the upper echelons of the business world.
Often appears as...
- upper echelon
- lower echelon
noun
A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows.
The planes flew in an echelon formation.
Often appears as...
- echelon formation
- echelon attack
noun
A step-like formation or arrangement of things or people.
The audience was seated in an echelon.
Often appears as...
- seated in an echelon
- echelon arrangement
noun
A unit of military forces smaller than a division.
Enemy echelons are moving towards our borders.
Often appears as...
- enemy echelon
- combat echelon
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Hierarchy Implication
Indicates someone's position within a structured group.
He climbed to a higher echelon in the corporation.
Pro Tip 2/3Conveys Success
Used to suggest achievement or elevated status.
Her innovations propelled her into the top echelon.
Pro Tip 3/3Organizational Context
Common in business or organizational environments.
The decision came from the upper echelon.
Pro Tip 1/3Hierarchy Implication
Indicates someone's position within a structured group.
He climbed to a higher echelon in the corporation.
Pro Tip 2/3Conveys Success
Used to suggest achievement or elevated status.
Her innovations propelled her into the top echelon.
Pro Tip 3/3Organizational Context
Common in business or organizational environments.
The decision came from the upper echelon.
Pro Tip 1/3Hierarchy Implication
Indicates someone's position within a structured group.
He climbed to a higher echelon in the corporation.
Pro Tip 2/3Conveys Success
Used to suggest achievement or elevated status.
Her innovations propelled her into the top echelon.
Pro Tip 3/3Organizational Context
Common in business or organizational environments.
The decision came from the upper echelon.
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Are athletes really...
The financial incentives and fame and glory afforded elite athletes skyrocketed, and it tipped toward the tiny upper echelon of performance. It accelerated the artificial selection for specialized bodies. And if you plot a data point for these same two dozen sports today, it looks like this. The athletes' bodies have gotten
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Cradle of Gold: The...
break through he had wanted to be tapped for a senior society like Skull and Bones he actually hoped to be tapped for skull and bones and wasn't and he felt that later on the fact that he hadn't been part of that upper echelon of already elite University stopped him
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A lesson in classical...
can I create an unparalleled sound to make you the listener believe that you're actually listening to a higher echelon of sound if you're not a musician and you just listen to classical music understanding how the sound is created can better help you
Video examples
Are athletes really...
The financial incentives and fame and glory afforded elite athletes skyrocketed, and it tipped toward the tiny upper echelon of performance. It accelerated the artificial selection for specialized bodies. And if you plot a data point for these same two dozen sports today, it looks like this. The athletes' bodies have gotten
Video examples
Cradle of Gold: The...
break through he had wanted to be tapped for a senior society like Skull and Bones he actually hoped to be tapped for skull and bones and wasn't and he felt that later on the fact that he hadn't been part of that upper echelon of already elite University stopped him
Video examples
A lesson in classical...
can I create an unparalleled sound to make you the listener believe that you're actually listening to a higher echelon of sound if you're not a musician and you just listen to classical music understanding how the sound is created can better help you
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Vincent Nichols
English Clergyman
Football spectators appreciate a bit of loyalty, and we're seeing that less and less. There are echelons of football, as in society, where some players are clearly mercenaries. I regret in a way that somehow the local identification, the local bonding between the community and its football team has been commercialised to such an extent.
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Robin Hobb
American Writer
I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.
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Christopher Guest
British Director
I'm drawn as well to the lower echelons of things because it struck me a long time ago that it didn't really matter on what level people were working on anything; it was just as important to them as the people working on what's perceived as a higher level.
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Rory MacDonald
All the guys in the upper echelon of this sport, if one guy's feeling at his best, and one guy's feeling a little under the weather, not at his best that month or that day, you could see drastic changes in performances and victories and losses.
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Jerry West
American Businessman
Even though I felt, at times, 'My goodness, you're among the upper echelon,' there is still a huge void there. A huge void. It is about self-esteem. That's a thing that has always been a real complex part of my life.
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John Barnes
How many black people are there in the higher echelons of any industry? We can talk about journalism, we can talk about politics. So why should football be any different?
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Jack Gleeson
American Actor
Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.
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Robin Lopez
If you want to win, when you want to get to the upper echelons of this league, everybody on the roster is going to sacrifice.
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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Noreena Hertz
English Author
Most organisations do not actively seek out input from their lower echelons.
Quote examples
Vincent Nichols
English Clergyman
Football spectators appreciate a bit of loyalty, and we're seeing that less and less. There are echelons of football, as in society, where some players are clearly mercenaries. I regret in a way that somehow the local identification, the local bonding between the community and its football team has been commercialised to such an extent.
Quote examples
Robin Hobb
American Writer
I would say that many of the characters in my stories do not live in true poverty - they are not out on the street; they are not wondering if there will be anything to eat in the next week. They are people who are at the lower echelons of the economic strata.
Quote examples
Christopher Guest
British Director
I'm drawn as well to the lower echelons of things because it struck me a long time ago that it didn't really matter on what level people were working on anything; it was just as important to them as the people working on what's perceived as a higher level.
Quote examples
Rory MacDonald
All the guys in the upper echelon of this sport, if one guy's feeling at his best, and one guy's feeling a little under the weather, not at his best that month or that day, you could see drastic changes in performances and victories and losses.
Quote examples
Jerry West
American Businessman
Even though I felt, at times, 'My goodness, you're among the upper echelon,' there is still a huge void there. A huge void. It is about self-esteem. That's a thing that has always been a real complex part of my life.
Quote examples
John Barnes
How many black people are there in the higher echelons of any industry? We can talk about journalism, we can talk about politics. So why should football be any different?
Quote examples
Jack Gleeson
American Actor
Celebrities become excluded from everyday life, kind of in exile in an echelon that is deemed better, anyway: Life of celebrity, all the fame and glamor.
Quote examples
Robin Lopez
If you want to win, when you want to get to the upper echelons of this league, everybody on the roster is going to sacrifice.
Quote examples
Colin Powell
American Statesman
The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
Quote examples
Noreena Hertz
English Author
Most organisations do not actively seek out input from their lower echelons.
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