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HIGH STATUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does high status mean?
• HIGH STATUS (noun)
The noun HIGH STATUS has 1 sense:
1. a position of superior status
Familiarity information: HIGH STATUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A position of superior status
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("high status" is a kind of...):
position; status (the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "high status"):
center stage; centre stage (a position of prominence or importance)
stardom (the status of being acknowledged as a star)
championship; title (the status of being a champion)
higher rank; higher status; senior status; seniority (higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service)
precedence; precedency; priority (status established in order of importance or urgency)
distinction; eminence; note; preeminence (high status importance owing to marked superiority)
Antonym:
low status (a position of inferior status; low in station or rank or fortune or estimation)
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