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chain of commandnoun [ C ]

/ˈtʃeɪn əv kəˈmɑːnd/ us ​ /ˈtʃeɪn əv kəˈmænd/

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  • At night time, round the hearth fire, when the roaring logs set the shadows dancing on the rough-timbered floor, the truncheon and chain of command are pompously transferred to the new Grand Master. 

(Definition of “chain of command” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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chain of commandnoun [ C ]

us ​ /ˈtʃeɪn əv kəˈmænd/

› the way that people with authority in an organization, esp. in the military, are ranked, from the person with the most authority to the next one below, and so on

(Definition of “chain of command” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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