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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 statusplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH STATUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH STATUS (noun)


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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