"echelon" meaning in All languages combined

See echelon on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/ [UK], /ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/ [US] Audio: en-au-echelon.ogg [Australia] Forms: echelon [singular], echelons [plural]
Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. An echelon is a level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.
    Sense id: simple-echelon-en-noun-KAwlG-Fe
  2. An echelon is a formation of troops, ships in diagonal parallel rows.
    Sense id: simple-echelon-en-noun--BI56TI1 Categories (other): Military

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɛʃəlɒn/ [UK], /ˈɛʃəˌlɑn/ [US] Audio: en-au-echelon.ogg [Australia] Forms: echelon [canonical], echelons [third-person, singular], echeloned [past], echeloned [past, participle], echeloning [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you echelon, you form troops into an echelon.
    Sense id: simple-echelon-en-verb-y1Tmtlgt Categories (other): Military
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