high-ranking

high-ranking
high-ranking ˈhigh-ˌranking adjective [only before a noun] JOBS
having a high position in a government or other organization:

• The firm's new management has slashed costs — dismissing many highly paid, high-ranking employees.

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high-ranking UK US adjective
having an important position in a government, company, or organization: »

His father was a high-ranking member of the former government.

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The high-ranking officials arrived by the plane under heavy guard at the airport.


Financial and business terms. 2012.

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  • high-ranking — adj [only before noun] having a high position in a government or other organization ≠ ↑low ranking ▪ high ranking officials …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • high-ranking — high rank|ing [ ,haı ræŋkıŋ ] adjective a high ranking person or job is very senior: a high ranking official/officer …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • high-ranking — ADJ: ADJ n A high ranking person has an important position in a particular organization. ...a high ranking officer in the medical corps …   English dictionary

  • high-ranking — UK / US adjective a high ranking person or job is very senior a high ranking official/officer …   English dictionary

  • high-ranking — adjective At an important, elevated, or exalted level in a hierarchy or organization; high level. She is a high ranking official in the government …   Wiktionary

  • high-ranking — adj. High ranking is used with these nouns: ↑executive, ↑member, ↑officer, ↑official …   Collocations dictionary

  • high ranking — high level, top level, senior …   English contemporary dictionary

  • high-ranking — adjective at an elevated level in rank or importance a high level official a high level corporate briefing upper level management • Syn: ↑high level, ↑upper level • Similar to: ↑superior …   Useful english dictionary

  • high-ranking — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Raised to or occupying a high position or rank: august, elevated, exalted, grand, lofty. See RISE …   English dictionary for students

  • high-ranking — adjective (only before noun) having a high position in a government or other organization …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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