What part of speech is echelons?

Echelons can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. echelons is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of echelon (infinitive).
  • 2. echelons is a noun, plural of echelon.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does echelons mean?

Definitions

Verb

echelon - To form troops into an echelon.

Noun

echelon - a body of troops arranged in a line
echelon - a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset

Examples of echelons

#   Sentence  
1. noun From plebeian origins, Tom Jackson has quickly risen to the upper echelon of society.
2. noun Only the upper echelon has access to the best trainers.
3. noun From plebeian origins, Tom Jackson has quickly risen to the upper echelon of society.
4. noun Only the upper echelon has access to the best trainers.
Sentence  
noun
From plebeian origins, Tom Jackson has quickly risen to the upper echelon of society.
Only the upper echelon has access to the best trainers.
From plebeian origins, Tom Jackson has quickly risen to the upper echelon of society.
Only the upper echelon has access to the best trainers.

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