"high-ranking" meaning in English

See high-ranking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: higher-ranking [comparative], more high-ranking [comparative], highest-ranking [superlative], most [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|higher-ranking|more|sup=highest-ranking|sup2=most}} high-ranking (comparative higher-ranking or more high-ranking, superlative highest-ranking or most)
  1. At an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level. Translations (at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level): عَالِيّ الرُتْبَة (ʕāliyy ar-rutba) (Arabic), բարձրաստիճան (barjrastičan) (Armenian), yüksəkvəzifəli (Azerbaijani), високопоставен (visokopostaven) (Bulgarian), hooggeplaatst (Dutch), altranga (Esperanto), korkea-arvoinen (Finnish), de haut rang (French), haut placé (French), de alto rango [masculine] (Galician), მაღალი რანგის (maɣali rangis) (Georgian), მაღალჩინოსანი (maɣalčinosani) (Georgian), ranghoch (German), hochrangig (German), υψηλόβαθμος (ypsilóvathmos) [masculine] (Greek), magasrangú (Hungarian), di alto grado (Italian), ad alto livello (Italian), високопо́ставен (visokopóstaven) (Macedonian), pūwhero (Maori), payebilind (Northern Kurdish), payeberz (Northern Kurdish), ritbebilind (Northern Kurdish), payebala (Northern Kurdish), høytstående (Norwegian Bokmål), wysokiej rangi (Polish), wysoko postawiony (Polish), высокопоста́вленный (vysokopostávlennyj) (Russian), högt uppsatt (Swedish), yüksek rütbeli (Turkish), високопоста́влений (vysokopostávlenyj) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "yüksəkvəzifəli"
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          "word": "hooggeplaatst"
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          "word": "altranga"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "korkea-arvoinen"
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          "word": "de haut rang"
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          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "haut placé"
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "de alto rango"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "maɣali rangis",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "მაღალი რანგის"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
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          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "მაღალჩინოსანი"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "ranghoch"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "hochrangig"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypsilóvathmos",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "υψηλόβαθμος"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "magasrangú"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "di alto grado"
        },
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "ad alto livello"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "payebilind"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "payeberz"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "ritbebilind"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
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          "word": "payebala"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "visokopóstaven",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "високопо́ставен"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "pūwhero"
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          "word": "høytstående"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "wysokiej rangi"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "wysoko postawiony"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vysokopostávlennyj",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "высокопоста́вленный"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "högt uppsatt"
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "yüksek rütbeli"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "vysokopostávlenyj",
          "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
          "word": "високопоста́влений"
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕāliyy ar-rutba",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "عَالِيّ الرُتْبَة"
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      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "yüksəkvəzifəli"
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      "roman": "visokopostaven",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "високопоставен"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "hooggeplaatst"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "altranga"
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      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "korkea-arvoinen"
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      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "de haut rang"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "haut placé"
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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "de alto rango"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maɣali rangis",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "მაღალი რანგის"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "maɣalčinosani",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "მაღალჩინოსანი"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "ranghoch"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "hochrangig"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypsilóvathmos",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "υψηλόβαθμος"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "magasrangú"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "di alto grado"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "ad alto livello"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "payebilind"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "payeberz"
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      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "ritbebilind"
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      "code": "kmr",
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      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "payebala"
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      "roman": "visokopóstaven",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "високопо́ставен"
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      "word": "høytstående"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "wysokiej rangi"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "wysoko postawiony"
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      "roman": "vysokopostávlennyj",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "высокопоста́вленный"
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      "word": "högt uppsatt"
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      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "yüksek rütbeli"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vysokopostávlenyj",
      "sense": "at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level",
      "word": "високопоста́влений"
    }
  ],
  "word": "high-ranking"
}

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