Both Uses of
echelon
in
Gifted Hands
- At any rate, because of the help from the lower echelons, I was able to make an excellent showing and to do a good job.†
p. 111.4 *
- Then my grades would put me right up in the top echelon.†
p. 70.7
Definitions:
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(1)
(echelon as in: upper echelons of the company) a level of a hierarchy
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
See a comprehensive dictionary for less common senses of echelon that relate to military formations.