Vocabulary
Hierarchy
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Employment relations, regardless of hierarchy, must adhere to the principle of scrupulous investigation before any punitive action is taken. The writer is a consultant in human resources at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Dawn Editorials —
Judging employees
— 2026-05-01
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Such truths not only reveal how brutal and bigoted India has become but also confirm a hierarchy of resistance at play only voices with secular sanction, unlike Ms Andrabi, are humanised.
Dawn Editorials —
Silencing Muslims
— 2026-03-27
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The reports were already there.The hierarchy was not incidental.
Dawn Editorials —
Whose fear counts?
— 2026-03-20
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The political system is higher in the hierarchy than all the other sub-systems; hence, any malfunction there affects all the constituent sub-systems.
Dawn Editorials —
Hierarchy of failure
— 2026-02-14
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For months, letters were written repeatedly and respectfully to every rung of the police hierarchy: SP, SSP, DIG, IG.
Dawn Editorials —
Justice, Pakistan-style
— 2026-01-27
Synonyms
pecking order, ranking, grading, ladder, social order, social stratum, social scale
Antonyms
ungraded, unordered, unranked
Curator example
“the initiative was with those lower down in the hierarchy”
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