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Definition of echelon noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

echelon

noun
 
/ˈeʃəlɒn/
 
/ˈeʃəlɑːn/
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  1. [usually plural] a rank or position of authority in an organization or a society
    • the lower/upper/top/higher echelons of the Civil Service
    Extra Examples
    • Corruption was increasingly a problem within the upper echelons.
    • Even the lower echelons of the aristocracy usually owned some land.
    • Power was concentrated in the higher echelons of the party.
  2. an arrangement of soldiers, planes, etc. in which each one is behind and to the side of the one in front
  3. Word Originlate 18th cent. (in sense (2)): from French échelon, from échelle ‘ladder’, from Latin scala.
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