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describing someone’s position in an organization
senior
used about someone who has an important position in an organization. Senior can also be used about someone who has a higher position than you in an organization:
• a senior executive • She’s a senior partner in a law firm. • She is senior to me.
chief
[ only before noun ] used, especially in job titles, about someone who has the most important or one of the most important positions in an organization:
• Carole is the company’s chief financial officer. • He’s the chief economist at Hangseng Bank.
high-ranking
[ only before noun ] used about someone who has a high position in an organization such as the government, the army, or the police:
• high-ranking government officials • a high-ranking police officer
top
[ only before noun ] used about someone who is very good, important, or successful in their job:
• a top lawyer • He’s one of the President’s top aides. • top diplomats
junior
used about someone who has a low position in an organization. Junior can also be used about someone who has a lower position than you in an organization:
• a junior clerk • a junior doctor • His role as naval officer was junior to Nelson.
assistant
[ only before noun ] an assistant manager, director, editor etc has a position just below a manager etc:
• He’s an assistant professor of neurology at Harvard University. • She became assistant director at the Belgrade Theatre.
Longman-Thesaurus
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adj. VERBS be ADV. very a meeting of all the very senior officers | fairly, quite, relatively | enough, sufficiently She wasn't senior enough to take such a decision. PREP. to Is Mark senior to you?
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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adj.
high rank:
She was a senior member of the firm.
Simple Definitions
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senior
nouns
senior management
• Within the week senior management approved her proposal.
senior staff
• Some senior staff criticized the headteacher's behaviour.
a senior manager
• She's now a senior manager for a large toy company.
a senior executive
(= in a company )
• All the company's senior executives get large bonuses.
a senior official
(= in an organization )
• a meeting of senior government officials
a senior officer
(= in the police or military )
• Inspector Wild is the senior officer in charge of the investigation.
a senior partner
(= in a law firm etc )
• He was a senior partner in a prestigious Canadian law firm.
a senior member
• The President announced a reshuffle involving several senior members of his Cabinet.
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