LADDER | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of ladder in English laddernoun uk /ˈlæd.ər/ us /ˈlæd.ɚ/

ladder noun (EQUIPMENT)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 [ C ] a piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, that consists of two vertical bars or pieces of rope joined to each other by a set of horizontal steps: up a ladder She was up a ladder, cleaning the window.   Johner Images/GettyImages

• Getting up the ladder was easy enough - it was coming down that was the problem.
• The ladder won't quite reach the top of the wall.
• My son broke a rib when he fell off a ladder.
• That ladder doesn't look safe.
• One of the steps on the ladder is broken.

Parts of buildings: stairs & lifts

• chairlift
• doorstep
• drag lift
• dumb waiter
• elevator
• escalator
• fire escape
• lift
• riser
• rope ladder
• rung
• spiral staircase
• stair
• staircase
• stairwell
• step
• step-free
• stepladder
• stoep
• tread

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ladder noun (SERIES OF STAGES)

C1 [ S ] a series of increasingly important jobs or stages in a particular type of work or process: Once he started at Paramount in 1967, he moved rapidly up the corporate ladder.rung on the ladder a first rung on the employment ladder Order and sequence - general words

• alphabetize
• around
• back end
• be a chapter of accidents idiom
• birth order
• chapter
• cycle
• in chronological order
• inconsecutive
• inline
• linear
• linearity
• linearly
• parade
• penultimate
• penultimately
• precedence
• priority
• procession
• string

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ladder noun (HOLE)

[ C ] UK (US run) a long, vertical hole in a pair of tights or a stocking   vadiar/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages Holes, hollows and dips

• anti-crack
• aperture
• blistered
• cranny
• cratering
• hatch
• hollow
• imprint
• indention
• interstice
• jaw
• leak
• leaky
• micropore
• shaft
• slot
• snag
• spyhole
• thumbhole
• void

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Tearing and breaking into pieces

ladder noun (COMPETITION)

[ C ] mainly UK (also ladder tournament) (in particular sports) a system in which all the players who play regularly are given a position in a list and can improve their position by beating other players in that list: a squash ladder Competitions, & parts of competitions

• All-Ireland
• bathing beauty
• be a game of two halves idiom
• beauty contest
• beauty pageant
• bout
• bowl
• championship
• jayvee
• keirin
• non-game
• non-major
• omnium
• round robin
• tournament
• tournament bracket
• tourney
• triple crown
• ultra
• vert

See more results » ladderverb [ I or T ] UK uk /ˈlæd.ər/ us /ˈlæd.ɚ/ (US run) If a pair of tights or a stocking ladders or if you ladder it, a long hole appears in it: Damn! That's the second pair of tights I've laddered today! Tearing and breaking into pieces

• apart
• asunder
• bobble
• bobbly
• break into pieces
• chip
• crack
• disintegration
• dismantle
• fall to pieces idiom
• fragment
• fragmentation
• rip
• shearing
• shred
• snag
• snap
• splinter
• split
• sunder

See more results » (Definition of ladder from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

ladder | American Dictionary

laddernoun [ C ] us /ˈlæd·ər/ Add to word list Add to word list a piece of equipment used for climbing up and down, and consisting of two vertical bars joined by a set of horizontal steps: fig. In only a few years she managed to climb up the corporate ladder (= achieve success in the business world) to become a vice president. (Definition of ladder from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

ladder | Business English

laddernoun [ C, usually singular ] uk /ˈlædər/ us Add to word list Add to word list a way of referring to a series of increasingly important jobs, or stages in a particular type of work or process: Most top executives had to climb the ladder. These entry-level jobs will offer you a chance to get your foot on the first rung of the employment ladder. First-time buyers are desperate to get on the housing ladder.

See also

career ladder corporate ladder the property ladder (Definition of ladder from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of ladder

ladder Rising levels of net disposable income allowed town-dwellers to climb the housing ladder, thereby reducing some at least of the ravages of infection. From the Cambridge English Corpus Those who could adjust often ascended the social ladders that were newly created. From the Cambridge English Corpus Both of these suffixes are obligatory, and show respect for those higher up on the social-stratification ladder. From the Cambridge English Corpus For those on the bottom rungs of their occupational ladder, there are particular dangers. From the Cambridge English Corpus At extreme deformations, this mode leads to a so-called ' ladder ' form where the two backbones are almost parallel. From the Cambridge English Corpus After the first cycle a second aliquot is added, after the second cycle a third, etc. so building up a ladder. From the Cambridge English Corpus They had more natural feelings than those who climbed up the power ladder of the company's management. From the Cambridge English Corpus You're on the ladder, being handed on from one master to the next. From the Cambridge English Corpus The latter they interpreted as a ladder for stepping on rather than a ladder with steps. From the Cambridge English Corpus The major achievement of the energy ladder model in its simplest form is the ability to capture the strong income dependency of fuel choices. From the Cambridge English Corpus The library is editable by the user, and each template can contain both low-level control behaviour (written in ladder diagram) and higher-level intelligent behaviour. From the Cambridge English Corpus The energy ladder model envisions a three-stage fuel switching process. From the Cambridge English Corpus Networks of charge-charge interactions in proteins measured by charge ladders and capillary electrophoresis. From the Cambridge English Corpus We see wood that has been made into a ladder rather than a ladder that has been made out of wood. From the Cambridge English Corpus Further down the line, on the lowest rung of the ladder, we meet with names which seem to have been drawn out of a hat. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of ladder These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of ladder?

Translations of ladder

in Chinese (Traditional) 設施, 梯子, 階段… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 设施, 梯子, 阶段… See more in Spanish escalera, escala, liga… See more in Portuguese escada, em alguns esportes, sistema no qual todos os jogadores que jogam normalmente recebem uma posição em uma lista e podem melhorar sua posição derrotando outros jogadores… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian शिडी, एखाद्या प्रकारच्या कामात एका पाठोपाठ एक महत्वाची कामं किंवा प्रक्रिया… See more はしご, 職制（しょくせい）, 職務上（しょくむじょう）の地位（ちい）… See more seyyar merdiven, el merdiveni, çorap kaçığı… See more échelle [feminine], échelle, filer… See more escala de mà… See more ladder, een ladder maken, ladderen… See more ஒரு உபகரணம் மேல் மற்றும் கீழ், என்று இரண்டு செங்குத்து பட்டிகள் அல்லது கிடைமட்ட படிகள் ஒரு தொகுப்பு மூலம் ஒன்றுக்கொன்று இணைந்த கயிறு துண்டுகள் கொண்டுள்ளது ஏறுவதற்கு பயன்படுத்தப்படும், ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட வகை வேலை அல்லது செயல்பாட்டில் அதிகரித்து வரும் முக்கியமான வேலைகள் அல்லது நிலைகளின் தொடர்… See more सीढ़ी, जीना, सीढ़ी… See more સીડી, કાર્યમાં મહત્વનાં પગથિયાં, કદમ… See more stige, maske, der er løbet… See more stege, maska, få en maska på… See more tangga, bahagian yang carik, tercarik… See more die Leiter, die Laufmasche, Laufmaschen bekommen… See more stige [masculine], rangstige [masculine], stige… See more زینہ, سیڑھی, وسیلہ… See more драбина, затяжка, зробити затяжку… See more నిచ్చెన, నిచ్చెన / ఒక ప్రత్యేకరకమైన పని లేదా ప్రక్రియలో పెరుగుతున్న ముఖ్యమైన ఉద్యోగాలు లేదా దశల శ్రేణి… See more মই, অগ্রগতি, এগিয়ে যাওয়ার ক্ষেত্রে ধাপগুলি বা গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কাজগুলি… See more žebřík, žebříček, puštěné oko… See more tangga, cacat pada rajutan, membuat cacat… See more บันได, ลุ่ย, แต่ง… See more cái thang, lỗi trong chiếc bít tất do đan, có kẽ hở… See more drabina, oczko, podrzeć… See more 사다리… See more scala a pioli, scala, smagliatura… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of ladder

• fish ladder
• rope ladder
• career ladder
• housing ladder
• corporate ladder
• the job ladder
• ladder, at run

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    • ladder (EQUIPMENT)
    • ladder (SERIES OF STAGES)
    • ladder (HOLE)
    • ladder (COMPETITION)
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