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echelon
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, level |
| Synonyms: | degree, file, grade, line, office, place, position, queue, rank, row, string, tier |
| Main Entry: | estate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | class, rank |
| Synonyms: | bracket, caste, category, classification, condition, echelon, footing, form, grade, level, lot, order, period, place, position, quality, repair, shape, situation, sphere, standing, state, station, status, stratum |
| Main Entry: | file |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line, queue |
| Synonyms: | column, echelon, list, parade, rank, row, string, tier, troop |
| Main Entry: | grade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rank, step |
| Synonyms: | brand, caliber, category, class, classification, condition, degree, division, echelon, estate, form, gradation, group, grouping, league, level, mark, notch, order, pigeonhole, place, position, quality, rung, size, stage, standard, station, tier |
| Main Entry: | line |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | row, succession; course |
| Synonyms: | arrangement, array, axis, band, block, border, catalogue, channel, column, concatenation, crack, direction, division, drain, echelon, file, fissure, formation, furrow, groove, group, lane, length, list, magazine, mark, order, path, progression, queue, rank, ridge, road, route, row, scar, seam, sequence, series, street, string, thread, tier, track, train, trajectory, trench, way |
| Main Entry: | queue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sequence |
| Synonyms: | chain, concatenation, echelon, file, line, order, progression, rank, row, series, string, succession, tail, tier, train |
| Notes: | a queue is a line of people or vehicles waiting for something or an ordered list of tasks to be performed or messages to be transmitted; a cue is a signal or stimulus that helps to solve a problem or provides information about what to do - or a tapering rod used to strike a cue ball in pool or billiards |
| Antonyms: | disorganization |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | standing in a system, often a social one |
| Synonyms: | ancestry, authority, birth, blood, cachet, capacity, caste, circumstance, class, classification, condition, consequence, degree, dignity, distinction, division, echelon, estate, esteem, family, footing, grade, hierarchy, level, nobility, note, order, paramountcy, parentage, pecking order, pedigree, place, position, primacy, privilege, quality, reputation, seniority, situation, slot, sort, sovereignty, sphere, state, station, stature, status, stock, stratum, supremacy, type |
| Main Entry: | rank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | column, tier of individuals |
| Synonyms: | echelon, file, formation, group, hierarchy, line, queue, range, row, series, string |
| Main Entry: | row |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sequence, series |
| Synonyms: | bank, chain, column, consecution, echelon, file, line, order, progression, queue, range, rank, string, succession, tier, train |
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