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rung

 
 
/rʌŋ/ noun [C]

Translation

one of the horizontal parts across a ladder (= structure for climbing up)
seyyar merdiven basamağı
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the first/highest/next, etc rung of the ladder the first, highest, next, etc position, especially in society or in a job
ilk/en yüksek/sonraki vs. derece, basamak, seviye, kademe, durum, konum
She's on the bottom rung of the management ladder.672
(Definition of rung noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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