a high-ranking officer

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• high ranking officer — high level officer, commanding officer …   English contemporary dictionary

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

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

• officer — n. person holding a certain rank in the armed forces 1) to commission an officer 2) to promote an officer 3) to break, demote; dismiss an officer 4) a commissioned; non commissioned; petty; warrant officer 5) a commanding; company grade (AE);… …   Combinatory dictionary

• officer — noun 1 in the army, navy, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ air force, army, military, naval ▪ commanding, high ranking, ranking, senior, superior …   Collocations dictionary

• high — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great vertical extent (a high building). b (predic.; often in comb.) of a specified height (one inch high; water was waist high). 2 a far above ground or sea level etc. (a high altitude). b inland, esp. when raised… …   Useful english dictionary

• ranking — rank|ing1 [ˈræŋkıŋ] n a position on a scale that shows how good someone or something is when compared with others ▪ She is now fifth in the world rankings . ranking 2 ranking2 adj [only before noun] especially AmE a ranking person has a high, or… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• ranking — adjective Date: 1847 having a high position: as a. of the highest rank < the ranking officer > b. being next to the chairman in seniority < ranking committee member > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• High Society (novel) — infobox Book | name = High Society title orig = translator = image caption = author = Ben Elton cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre = Novel publisher = Bantam Press release date = 7 November 2002 media type …   Wikipedia