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high-ranking

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

At an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • She is a high-ranking official in the government.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

at an elevated level in rank or importance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a high-level official
  • a high-level corporate briefing
  • upper-level management

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: high-level, upper-level

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَالِيّ الرُتْبَة (ʕāliyy ar-rutba) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Armenian: բարձրաստիճան (barjrastičan) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Azerbaijani: yüksəkvəzifəli — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Bulgarian: високопоставен (visokopostaven) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Dutch: hooggeplaatst — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Esperanto: altranga — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Finnish: korkea-arvoinen — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • French: de haut rang — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • French: haut placé — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Galician: de alto rango — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Georgian: მაღალი რანგის (maɣali rangis) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Georgian: მაღალჩინოსანი (maɣalčinosani) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • German: ranghoch — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • German: hochrangig — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Greek: υψηλόβαθμος (ypsilóvathmos) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Hungarian: magasrangú — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Italian: di alto grado — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Italian: ad alto livello — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Northern Kurdish: payebilind — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Northern Kurdish: payeberz — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Northern Kurdish: ritbebilind — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Northern Kurdish: payebala — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Macedonian: високопо́ставен (visokopóstaven) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Māori: pūwhero — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Norwegian Bokmål: høytstående — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Polish: wysokiej rangi — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Polish: wysoko postawiony — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Russian: высокопоста́вленный (vysokopostávlennyj) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Swedish: högt uppsatt — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Turkish: yüksek rütbeli — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
  • Ukrainian: високопоста́влений (vysokopostávlenyj) — at an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high-level
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