chain of command

English

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Noun

chain of command (plural chains of command)

1. (military, also business) A system used in organizations, especially in the military, that defines a clear line of authority and responsibility.

   Synonym: command hierarchy

Related terms

• commander in chief

Translations

a system used in the military

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• 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
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: käsuliin
• 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
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Indonesian: rantai komando
• Italian: catena di comando m
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Malay: rantaian perintah
• Polish: hierarchia służbowa f
• Portuguese: cadeia de comando f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: cadena de mando f
• Swedish: befälsordning (sv) c, tjänsteväg c
• Turkish: komuta zinciri
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: chuỗi chỉ huy

Further reading

• chain of command on Wikipedia.Wikipedia