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   echelon

   /ˈɛʃəlɒn/

   noun

   • 1. a level or rank in an organization, a profession, or society: "the upper echelons of the business world"
   • 2. a formation of troops, ships, aircraft, or vehicles in parallel rows with the end of each row projecting further than the one in front: "the regiment lined up shoulder to shoulder in three tight echelons"
   • ▪ a part of a military force differentiated by position in battle or by function: "the rear echelon"

   verb

   • 1. arrange in an echelon formation: "the Task Force would take the left, echeloned to be able to sweep in from the west"

   Word Origin late 18th century (in echelon (sense 2 of the noun)): from French échelon, from échelle ‘ladder’, from Latin scala.

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