Definition of echelon in English:

echelon

noun ˈɛʃəlɒnˈeɪʃəlɒnˈɛʃəˌlɑn

1A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
the upper echelons of the business world
Example sentencesExamples
- Likewise, those lower echelons were completely confounded with her existence.
- In this sense, as in many others, its 4,000 students mirror the upper echelons of French society.
- After independence, Creoles quickly replaced Spaniards in the upper echelons of the new society.
- Further, this technology is not well known and therefore not fully exploited in the lower command echelons.
- The media should be treated like family because they target the international community and keep higher echelons of command happy.
- The upper echelons of American society are hopelessly corrupted and morally decayed.
- It is to be expected that the invasion and conquest of these tribes will have caused severe disruption to the upper echelons of society.
- Do you have what it takes to join the upper echelons of society?
- In practice, the pleasures and benefits of an improving culture could not be confined to society's upper echelons.
- He had never said as much and he rarely spoke of his home and his family, but his behaviour, his manner of speech, suggested to her that he had been born into the upper echelons of society.
- And protracted booms promote the most aggressive and most bullish to the top echelons of power.
- The conspiracy extended to the uppermost echelons of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.
- Many people assumed that I was masterminding a great shift at the top echelons of government.
- They demand nothing less than equal access to the uppermost echelons of Catholicism.
- Genuinely democratic consciousness has almost entirely disintegrated within the upper echelons of American society.
- We must focus our attention to reach higher echelons by working hard with a joint effort.
- Buddhism made its first inroads into the upper echelons of Chinese society at this time, and many scholars met to discuss and compare the ideas of these two religions.
- He is not liked among the upper echelons of British society either.
Synonyms
level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, stratum, plane, position, order, division, sector
2Military
A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front.
the regiment lined up shoulder to shoulder in three tight echelons
mass noun there are two planes, lying in echelon with one another
Example sentencesExamples
- From the phalanx to the legion, from the tercio to l' ordre mixte, from the panzer division to fronts in echelon, conventional warfare has featured coherent formations, each trying to break the other.
- The platoon in reserve moves to the right, assuming the bottom position in the new fight echelon.
- The plan was to take all four Hummers overhead the field for a diamond fly-by, then depart and re-enter as a division in starboard echelon for the break.
- As each flight started on the downwind leg the ships reformed in an echelon to the right and completed before-landing checklists.
- As planned, we moved the formation to starboard echelon and tried to re-enter for the break.
1. 2.1often with modifier A part of a military force differentiated by position in battle or by function.
  the rear echelon
  Example sentencesExamples
  The troops of the both echelons of the covering army remained in places of their permanent deployment; a small number of units and subunits were engaged in building fortifications close to the border.
  In some armies, tanks were attached to rifle divisions of not only the first but also the second echelon of the corps.
  The 21st and 70th armies of the front operated in the second echelon.
  Such facilities can be deployed in the strategic command and control echelons far from areas of combat operations.
  For a project as large and complex as the Objective Force, every echelon needs a vision of what it must do, and these visions must be consistent across echelons.
  He was assigned to a section attached to the rear echelon of the Scots Guards.
  The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade.
  Let us now consider in more detail defense operation in the tactical echelon.
  Restoring the corps echelon became an urgent necessity as early as the counteroffensive off Moscow.
  Unlike the defense of Stalingrad, the fronts had a two-echelon operational disposition of forces where tank armies for the first time formed the second echelon.
  Force Delta, which was the sea echelon of the second airborne battle group, left Germany on 26 July and closed on Beirut between 3 and 5 August.
  The marines' assault echelon had three hours to offload before tidefall threatened to beach their ships.
  UA are the tactical warfighting echelons of the Objective Force and are similar to brigades and battalions.
  Medical personnel still accompany the infantrymen, artillerymen, and engineers, known as alpha echelon, who execute a parachute assault to conduct and support airfield seizure.
  As part of the in-theater structure required to support the deploying force, ISB echelons must deploy early and primarily by air.

verb ˈɛʃəlɒnˈeɪʃəlɒnˈɛʃəˌlɑn

[with object]Military

Arrange in an echelon formation.
the Task Force would take the left, echeloned to be able to sweep in from the west
the echeloning of fire teams
Example sentencesExamples
- A multi-tier fire delivery system is organized by echeloning the weapons assets on the slopes.
- The Seleucids echeloned their right cavalry wing forward to gain tactical advantage.
- At the midway point, the First Marine Division was echeloned from Hungnam to the northwest along a mountain road to the Chosin Reservoir, an important hydroelectric plant.
- Reconnaissance efforts should be echeloned parallel to the supported unit.
- The brigade must echelon its assets to either provide observation of the enemy from acquisition to destruction, or to pass and receive targets indirectly from adjacent units as contact is lost.

Origin

Late 18th century (in sense 2 of the noun): from French échelon, from échelle 'ladder', from Latin scala.

Echelon came into English in the military sense describing a formation of troops. The arrangement of troops in echelon is described in its source, for it comes from French échelon, from échelle ‘ladder’, from Latin scala (see scale). The notion of ‘steps of a ladder’ is reflected in modern figurative use in the context of company hierarchy or strata of society.

Definition of echelon in US English:

echelon

nounˈeSHəˌlänˈɛʃəˌlɑn

1A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society.
the upper echelons of the business world
Example sentencesExamples
- He is not liked among the upper echelons of British society either.
- Further, this technology is not well known and therefore not fully exploited in the lower command echelons.
- We must focus our attention to reach higher echelons by working hard with a joint effort.
- They demand nothing less than equal access to the uppermost echelons of Catholicism.
- After independence, Creoles quickly replaced Spaniards in the upper echelons of the new society.
- It is to be expected that the invasion and conquest of these tribes will have caused severe disruption to the upper echelons of society.
- The conspiracy extended to the uppermost echelons of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court.
- And protracted booms promote the most aggressive and most bullish to the top echelons of power.
- Likewise, those lower echelons were completely confounded with her existence.
- Genuinely democratic consciousness has almost entirely disintegrated within the upper echelons of American society.
- In practice, the pleasures and benefits of an improving culture could not be confined to society's upper echelons.
- Buddhism made its first inroads into the upper echelons of Chinese society at this time, and many scholars met to discuss and compare the ideas of these two religions.
- The media should be treated like family because they target the international community and keep higher echelons of command happy.
- In this sense, as in many others, its 4,000 students mirror the upper echelons of French society.
- The upper echelons of American society are hopelessly corrupted and morally decayed.
- He had never said as much and he rarely spoke of his home and his family, but his behaviour, his manner of speech, suggested to her that he had been born into the upper echelons of society.
- Many people assumed that I was masterminding a great shift at the top echelons of government.
- Do you have what it takes to join the upper echelons of society?
Synonyms
level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, stratum, plane, position, order, division, sector
2Military
A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front.
Example sentencesExamples
- From the phalanx to the legion, from the tercio to l' ordre mixte, from the panzer division to fronts in echelon, conventional warfare has featured coherent formations, each trying to break the other.
- As planned, we moved the formation to starboard echelon and tried to re-enter for the break.
- As each flight started on the downwind leg the ships reformed in an echelon to the right and completed before-landing checklists.
- The platoon in reserve moves to the right, assuming the bottom position in the new fight echelon.
- The plan was to take all four Hummers overhead the field for a diamond fly-by, then depart and re-enter as a division in starboard echelon for the break.
1. 2.1often with modifier A part of a military force differentiated by position in battle or by function.
  the rear echelon
  Example sentencesExamples
  The marines' assault echelon had three hours to offload before tidefall threatened to beach their ships.
  Such facilities can be deployed in the strategic command and control echelons far from areas of combat operations.
  The troops of the both echelons of the covering army remained in places of their permanent deployment; a small number of units and subunits were engaged in building fortifications close to the border.
  For a project as large and complex as the Objective Force, every echelon needs a vision of what it must do, and these visions must be consistent across echelons.
  Medical personnel still accompany the infantrymen, artillerymen, and engineers, known as alpha echelon, who execute a parachute assault to conduct and support airfield seizure.
  He was assigned to a section attached to the rear echelon of the Scots Guards.
  The 21st and 70th armies of the front operated in the second echelon.
  Force Delta, which was the sea echelon of the second airborne battle group, left Germany on 26 July and closed on Beirut between 3 and 5 August.
  Unlike the defense of Stalingrad, the fronts had a two-echelon operational disposition of forces where tank armies for the first time formed the second echelon.
  Let us now consider in more detail defense operation in the tactical echelon.
  As part of the in-theater structure required to support the deploying force, ISB echelons must deploy early and primarily by air.
  Restoring the corps echelon became an urgent necessity as early as the counteroffensive off Moscow.
  UA are the tactical warfighting echelons of the Objective Force and are similar to brigades and battalions.
  The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade.
  In some armies, tanks were attached to rifle divisions of not only the first but also the second echelon of the corps.

verbˈeSHəˌlänˈɛʃəˌlɑn

[with object]Military

Arrange in an echelon formation.
the echeloning of fire teams
Example sentencesExamples
- The Seleucids echeloned their right cavalry wing forward to gain tactical advantage.
- At the midway point, the First Marine Division was echeloned from Hungnam to the northwest along a mountain road to the Chosin Reservoir, an important hydroelectric plant.
- The brigade must echelon its assets to either provide observation of the enemy from acquisition to destruction, or to pass and receive targets indirectly from adjacent units as contact is lost.
- A multi-tier fire delivery system is organized by echeloning the weapons assets on the slopes.
- Reconnaissance efforts should be echeloned parallel to the supported unit.

Origin

Late 18th century (in echelon (sense 2 of the noun)): from French échelon, from échelle ‘ladder’, from Latin scala.

单词	echelon
释义	Definition of echelon in English: echelon noun ˈɛʃəlɒnˈeɪʃəlɒnˈɛʃəˌlɑn 1A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society. the upper echelons of the business world Example sentencesExamples Likewise, those lower echelons were completely confounded with her existence. In this sense, as in many others, its 4,000 students mirror the upper echelons of French society. After independence, Creoles quickly replaced Spaniards in the upper echelons of the new society. Further, this technology is not well known and therefore not fully exploited in the lower command echelons. The media should be treated like family because they target the international community and keep higher echelons of command happy. The upper echelons of American society are hopelessly corrupted and morally decayed. It is to be expected that the invasion and conquest of these tribes will have caused severe disruption to the upper echelons of society. Do you have what it takes to join the upper echelons of society? In practice, the pleasures and benefits of an improving culture could not be confined to society's upper echelons. He had never said as much and he rarely spoke of his home and his family, but his behaviour, his manner of speech, suggested to her that he had been born into the upper echelons of society. And protracted booms promote the most aggressive and most bullish to the top echelons of power. The conspiracy extended to the uppermost echelons of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court. Many people assumed that I was masterminding a great shift at the top echelons of government. They demand nothing less than equal access to the uppermost echelons of Catholicism. Genuinely democratic consciousness has almost entirely disintegrated within the upper echelons of American society. We must focus our attention to reach higher echelons by working hard with a joint effort. Buddhism made its first inroads into the upper echelons of Chinese society at this time, and many scholars met to discuss and compare the ideas of these two religions. He is not liked among the upper echelons of British society either. Synonyms level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, stratum, plane, position, order, division, sector 2Military A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front. the regiment lined up shoulder to shoulder in three tight echelons mass noun there are two planes, lying in echelon with one another Example sentencesExamples From the phalanx to the legion, from the tercio to l' ordre mixte, from the panzer division to fronts in echelon, conventional warfare has featured coherent formations, each trying to break the other. The platoon in reserve moves to the right, assuming the bottom position in the new fight echelon. The plan was to take all four Hummers overhead the field for a diamond fly-by, then depart and re-enter as a division in starboard echelon for the break. As each flight started on the downwind leg the ships reformed in an echelon to the right and completed before-landing checklists. As planned, we moved the formation to starboard echelon and tried to re-enter for the break. 2.1often with modifier A part of a military force differentiated by position in battle or by function. the rear echelon Example sentencesExamples The troops of the both echelons of the covering army remained in places of their permanent deployment; a small number of units and subunits were engaged in building fortifications close to the border. In some armies, tanks were attached to rifle divisions of not only the first but also the second echelon of the corps. The 21st and 70th armies of the front operated in the second echelon. Such facilities can be deployed in the strategic command and control echelons far from areas of combat operations. For a project as large and complex as the Objective Force, every echelon needs a vision of what it must do, and these visions must be consistent across echelons. He was assigned to a section attached to the rear echelon of the Scots Guards. The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade. Let us now consider in more detail defense operation in the tactical echelon. Restoring the corps echelon became an urgent necessity as early as the counteroffensive off Moscow. Unlike the defense of Stalingrad, the fronts had a two-echelon operational disposition of forces where tank armies for the first time formed the second echelon. Force Delta, which was the sea echelon of the second airborne battle group, left Germany on 26 July and closed on Beirut between 3 and 5 August. The marines' assault echelon had three hours to offload before tidefall threatened to beach their ships. UA are the tactical warfighting echelons of the Objective Force and are similar to brigades and battalions. Medical personnel still accompany the infantrymen, artillerymen, and engineers, known as alpha echelon, who execute a parachute assault to conduct and support airfield seizure. As part of the in-theater structure required to support the deploying force, ISB echelons must deploy early and primarily by air. verb ˈɛʃəlɒnˈeɪʃəlɒnˈɛʃəˌlɑn [with object]Military Arrange in an echelon formation. the Task Force would take the left, echeloned to be able to sweep in from the west the echeloning of fire teams Example sentencesExamples A multi-tier fire delivery system is organized by echeloning the weapons assets on the slopes. The Seleucids echeloned their right cavalry wing forward to gain tactical advantage. At the midway point, the First Marine Division was echeloned from Hungnam to the northwest along a mountain road to the Chosin Reservoir, an important hydroelectric plant. Reconnaissance efforts should be echeloned parallel to the supported unit. The brigade must echelon its assets to either provide observation of the enemy from acquisition to destruction, or to pass and receive targets indirectly from adjacent units as contact is lost. Origin Late 18th century (in sense 2 of the noun): from French échelon, from échelle 'ladder', from Latin scala. Echelon came into English in the military sense describing a formation of troops. The arrangement of troops in echelon is described in its source, for it comes from French échelon, from échelle ‘ladder’, from Latin scala (see scale). The notion of ‘steps of a ladder’ is reflected in modern figurative use in the context of company hierarchy or strata of society. Definition of echelon in US English: echelon nounˈeSHəˌlänˈɛʃəˌlɑn 1A level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society. the upper echelons of the business world Example sentencesExamples He is not liked among the upper echelons of British society either. Further, this technology is not well known and therefore not fully exploited in the lower command echelons. We must focus our attention to reach higher echelons by working hard with a joint effort. They demand nothing less than equal access to the uppermost echelons of Catholicism. After independence, Creoles quickly replaced Spaniards in the upper echelons of the new society. It is to be expected that the invasion and conquest of these tribes will have caused severe disruption to the upper echelons of society. The conspiracy extended to the uppermost echelons of the federal judiciary, including the Supreme Court. And protracted booms promote the most aggressive and most bullish to the top echelons of power. Likewise, those lower echelons were completely confounded with her existence. Genuinely democratic consciousness has almost entirely disintegrated within the upper echelons of American society. In practice, the pleasures and benefits of an improving culture could not be confined to society's upper echelons. Buddhism made its first inroads into the upper echelons of Chinese society at this time, and many scholars met to discuss and compare the ideas of these two religions. The media should be treated like family because they target the international community and keep higher echelons of command happy. In this sense, as in many others, its 4,000 students mirror the upper echelons of French society. The upper echelons of American society are hopelessly corrupted and morally decayed. He had never said as much and he rarely spoke of his home and his family, but his behaviour, his manner of speech, suggested to her that he had been born into the upper echelons of society. Many people assumed that I was masterminding a great shift at the top echelons of government. Do you have what it takes to join the upper echelons of society? Synonyms level, rank, grade, step, rung, tier, stratum, plane, position, order, division, sector 2Military A formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front. Example sentencesExamples From the phalanx to the legion, from the tercio to l' ordre mixte, from the panzer division to fronts in echelon, conventional warfare has featured coherent formations, each trying to break the other. As planned, we moved the formation to starboard echelon and tried to re-enter for the break. As each flight started on the downwind leg the ships reformed in an echelon to the right and completed before-landing checklists. The platoon in reserve moves to the right, assuming the bottom position in the new fight echelon. The plan was to take all four Hummers overhead the field for a diamond fly-by, then depart and re-enter as a division in starboard echelon for the break. 2.1often with modifier A part of a military force differentiated by position in battle or by function. the rear echelon Example sentencesExamples The marines' assault echelon had three hours to offload before tidefall threatened to beach their ships. Such facilities can be deployed in the strategic command and control echelons far from areas of combat operations. The troops of the both echelons of the covering army remained in places of their permanent deployment; a small number of units and subunits were engaged in building fortifications close to the border. For a project as large and complex as the Objective Force, every echelon needs a vision of what it must do, and these visions must be consistent across echelons. Medical personnel still accompany the infantrymen, artillerymen, and engineers, known as alpha echelon, who execute a parachute assault to conduct and support airfield seizure. He was assigned to a section attached to the rear echelon of the Scots Guards. The 21st and 70th armies of the front operated in the second echelon. Force Delta, which was the sea echelon of the second airborne battle group, left Germany on 26 July and closed on Beirut between 3 and 5 August. Unlike the defense of Stalingrad, the fronts had a two-echelon operational disposition of forces where tank armies for the first time formed the second echelon. Let us now consider in more detail defense operation in the tactical echelon. As part of the in-theater structure required to support the deploying force, ISB echelons must deploy early and primarily by air. Restoring the corps echelon became an urgent necessity as early as the counteroffensive off Moscow. UA are the tactical warfighting echelons of the Objective Force and are similar to brigades and battalions. The second echelon was comprised of an armored division and a corps army aviation brigade. In some armies, tanks were attached to rifle divisions of not only the first but also the second echelon of the corps. verbˈeSHəˌlänˈɛʃəˌlɑn [with object]Military Arrange in an echelon formation. the echeloning of fire teams Example sentencesExamples The Seleucids echeloned their right cavalry wing forward to gain tactical advantage. At the midway point, the First Marine Division was echeloned from Hungnam to the northwest along a mountain road to the Chosin Reservoir, an important hydroelectric plant. The brigade must echelon its assets to either provide observation of the enemy from acquisition to destruction, or to pass and receive targets indirectly from adjacent units as contact is lost. A multi-tier fire delivery system is organized by echeloning the weapons assets on the slopes. Reconnaissance efforts should be echeloned parallel to the supported unit. Origin Late 18th century (in echelon (sense 2 of the noun)): from French échelon, from échelle ‘ladder’, from Latin scala.
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