From plebeian origins, Tom Jackson has quickly risen to the upper echelon of society.
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Echelon
//ˈɛʃ.ə.lɒn//
Synonyms for "echelon" (34 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (17)
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More general
8 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
7 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
56 translations across 19 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- эшэло́н noun ((military) formation of troops)
- эшалані́раваць verb (to form troops into an echelon)
Bulgarian
2 entries- ешело́н noun ((military) formation of troops)
- ешелонирам verb (to form troops into an echelon)
Catalan
3 entries- esfera noun (level or rank)
- esglaó noun (level or rank)
- quadre noun (level or rank)
Czech
4 entries- (vojenský) útvar noun ((military) formation of troops)
- stupeň noun (level or rank)
- terezín noun ((cycling) line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind)
- vrstva noun (level or rank)
Danish
4 entries- grad noun (level or rank)
- lag noun (level or rank)
- led noun ((military) formation of troops)
- niveau noun ((military) formation of troops)
Dutch
1 entries- waaier noun ((cycling) line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind)
Finnish
2 entries- taso noun (level or rank)
- vinorivi noun ((military) formation of troops)
French
3 entries- échelon noun (level or rank)
- échelon noun ((military) formation of troops)
- échelonner verb (to form troops into an echelon)
German
4 entries- Echelon noun ((military) formation of troops)
- Rang noun (level or rank)
- Skala noun (level or rank)
- Stufe noun (level or rank)
Indonesian
2 entries- eselon noun (level or rank)
- eselon noun ((military) formation of troops)
Italian
2 entries- scaglione noun ((military) formation of troops)
- scaglionare verb (to form troops into an echelon)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- grad noun (level or rank)
- nivå noun (level or rank)
Persian
1 entries- پله noun (level or rank)
Polish
2 entries- eszelon noun ((military) formation of troops)
- eszelonować verb (to form troops into an echelon)
Portuguese
3 entries- escalão noun (level or rank)
- escalão noun ((military) formation of troops)
- escalonar verb (to form troops into an echelon)
Russian
4 entries- звено́ noun (level or rank)
- эшело́н noun (level or rank)
- эшело́н noun ((military) formation of troops)
- эшелони́ровать verb (to form troops into an echelon)
Spanish
4 entries- abanico noun ((cycling) line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind)
- cuadro noun (level or rank)
- escalón noun (level or rank)
- escalón noun ((military) formation of troops)
Swedish
3 entries- grad noun (level or rank)
- nivå noun (level or rank)
- skikt noun (level or rank)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ешело́н noun ((military) formation of troops)
- ешелонува́ти verb (to form troops into an echelon)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Only the upper echelon has access to the best trainers.
Source: tatoeba (9969678)
The Queen’s Counsel is the highest echelon of the British Bar.
Source: tatoeba (10522502)
His artisan bread is of a higher echelon than that found in the grocery stores.
Source: tatoeba (12887753)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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