Examples of “hierarchy” in a Sentence

noun A system in which people or things are ranked one above another according to status or authority.

• She quickly climbed the corporate hierarchy.
• The military hierarchy has clear chains of command.
• In a traditional hospital, there is a strict hierarchy from porters to consultants.

noun Any set of things ranked so that each one is subordinate to the one above it.

• The document uses a hierarchy of headings to organize the content.
• Folders on a computer form a hierarchy, with each one nested inside another.
• Biologists sort living things into a hierarchy, from broad kingdoms down to single species.