| NOUN | group | hierarchy | a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system |
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| group | hierarchy, power structure, pecking order | the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body |
| Sounds | hhay'eraa.rkiy; hhay'raa.rkiy | |
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| Rhymes | achy ... yucky: 142 rhymes with kiy... | |
| Meaning | A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system. | |
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| Example | "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values" | |
| Part of | system, scheme | A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole |
| Narrower | celestial hierarchy | The collective body of angels |
| data hierarchy | An arrangement of data consisting of sets and subsets such that every subset of a set is of lower rank than the set | |
| taxonomy | A classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin / origin etc | |
| Broader | series | Similar things placed in order or happening one after another |
| Spanish | jerarquía | |
| Catalan | jerarquia | |
| Adjectives | hierarchical | classified according to various criteria into successive levels or layers |
| Meaning | The organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body. | |
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| Synonyms | power structure, pecking order | |
| Members | hierarch | A person who holds a high position in a hierarchy |
| Part of | administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation | The persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something |
| Broader | organization, organisation | A group of people who work together |
| Spanish | jerarquía | |
| Catalan | jerarquia | |
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