chain of command

English

Noun

chain of command (plural chains of command)

1. (military) The command hierarchy or structure in which one rank obeys the one above it, which obeys the one above it, and so forth.

   Synonym: command hierarchy

Related terms

• commander in chief

Translations

hierarchy in which one rank obeys the one above it

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
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• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ланцуг камандавання m (lancuh kamandavannja)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 指揮系統 / 指挥系统 (zhǐhuī xìtǒng)

• Danish: kommandovej (da) c
• Dutch: commandostructuur (nl) f
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• Finnish: komentoketju
• French: chaîne de commandement (fr) f
• Georgian: ინსტანციათა ჯაჭვი (insṭanciata ǯač̣vi), სამეთაურო ჯაჭვი (sametauro ǯač̣vi), სამეთაურო იერარქია (sametauro ierarkia), დაქვემდებარების რიგი (dakvemdebarebis rigi), დაქვემდებარების წესი (dakvemdebarebis c̣esi), სამეთაურო ინსტანციები (sametauro insṭanciebi), სამეთაურო სუბორდინაცია (sametauro subordinacia)
• German: Befehlskette (de) f, Dienstweg (de) m
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• Indonesian: rantai komando
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• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
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• Malay: rantaian perintah
• Polish: hierarchia służbowa f
• Portuguese: cadeia de comando f
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• Spanish: cadena de mando f
• Swedish: befälsordning (sv) c, tjänsteväg c
• Turkish: komuta zinciri
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• Vietnamese: chuỗi chỉ huy