chain of command

chain of command
: a series of executive positions or of officers and subordinates in order of authority especially with respect to the passing on of orders, responsibility, reports, or requests from higher to lower or lower to higher

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a series of administrative or military ranks, positions, etc., in which each has direct authority over the one immediately below.
[1910-15]

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chain of command noun
A series of military or civic functionaries, each taking orders from the one immediately senior to himself
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Main Entry: ↑chain

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chain of command UK US noun [countable] [singular chain of command plural chains of command]
a system in which each person in an organization has a particular status and gives orders to the person immediately junior to them
Thesaurus: general words for rank and statussynonym from an upper class familysynonym

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chain of command,
1. the line or succession of commanding officers, from superior to subordinate, through which military command is exercised: »

The chain of command will then run ostensibly directly from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the…European Command (New York Times).

2. any system of command according to rank; hierarchy: »

The 15 companies…have managed to avoid bureaucracy: their chains of command have been kept short (Daily Telegraph).

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noun, pl chains of command [count]
: a series of positions of authority or rank within an organization that are ordered from lowest to highest

In the United States, the President as the commander in chief is at the head of the military chain of command.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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