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hierarchies in British English

plural noun
hierarchy
 

hierarchy in British English

(ˈhaɪəˌrɑːkɪ)
nounWord forms: plural -chies
1. 
a system of persons or things arranged in a graded order
2. 
a body of persons in holy orders organized into graded ranks
3. 
the collective body of those so organized
4. 
a series of ordered groupings within a system, such as the arrangement of plants and animals into classes, orders, families, etc
5.  linguistics, mathematics
a formal structure, usually represented by a diagram of connected nodes, with a single uppermost element
Compare ordering, heterarchy, tree (sense 6)
6. 
government by an organized priesthood
Derived forms
hierarchical (ˌhierˈarchical) or hierarchic (ˌhierˈarchic)
adjective
hierarchically (ˌhierˈarchically)
adverb
hierarchism (ˈhierˌarchism)
noun
Word origin
C14: from Medieval Latin hierarchia, from Late Greek hierarkhia, from hierarkhēs high priest; see hiero-, -archy

Examples of 'hierarchies' in a sentence
hierarchies

In their various levels of social organisation, there are hierarchies, peer groups, families and breeding partners.
Tony Juniper SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD (2002)
The bureaucracy and hierarchies of modern management simply didn't exist.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Moral hierarchies - implicit ideas of 'good' trails and 'bad' trails - seldom feel far away.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
She suggests what it's like to go deaf, the hang-ups and the hierarchies.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Miraculously, hierarchies and distances dissolved into words.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
Far from turning the floor into one big democratic office, hierarchies abound.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Unlike hierarchies, which are good at order and defence, networks are spontaneous and creative.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Local hierarchies, clergy and people have no say in the matter.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Radicalism had a temporarily flattening effect on social hierarchies.
The Times Literary Supplement (2014)
It took a while for the hierarchies of 'best' and 'less' to fall away.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
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