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ladder

UK /ˈlad.ə/US /ˈlæd.ɚ/

noun 6
verb 5
forms 3
phrases 5

noun6

a row of short bars held between two tall side pieces, which people step up on to reach a high place
(Australia, New-Zealand) A league table.
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(figurative) A series of stages by which one progresses to a better position.
- Newcastle had won both their previous fixtures in 2011 but were terribly disappointing at Broadhall Way against opponents 73 places below them in the footballing ladder. — 2011
(figurative) The hierarchy or ranking system within an organization, such as the corporate ladder.
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(UK) A length of unravelled fabric in a knitted garment, especially in nylon stockings; a run.
- You've got a huge ladder in your stockings. I've got a spare pair in my bag, come to the Ladies and you can change. — 2008
A sequence of moves following a zigzag pattern and ultimately leading to the capture of the attacked stones.

verb5

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To ascend (a building, a wall, etc.) using a ladder.
- A good working knowledge of the ladder parts, how they work, their capacities, and proper usage are a must before anyone is sent out to ladder a building. — 1998
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Of a knitted garment: to develop a ladder as a result of a broken thread.
- Oh damn it, I've laddered my tights!
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To arrange or form into a shape of a ladder.
- By means of repeated bifurcations, [Carl] Linnaeus provided a five-tier botanic hierarchy. He laddered the plant kingdom downward from classes to orders, genera, species, and varieties. — 1999
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(UK) To close in on a target with successive salvos, increasing or decreasing the shot range as necessary.
- For eighteen minutes Revenge pounded the dockyard area at an average range of 15,700 yards, spreading for line and laddering for range to a prearranged plan to cover the whole target area. — 2007
(UK) To corruptly coerce a convicted offender to admit to offences to be taken into consideration which they do not actually believe they committed, as a way to artificially increase the rate of solved crimes.

forms

laddered · laddering · ladders

Phrases with ladder

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