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status; rank; position

NounSino-Korean: 地位

  1. 1

    status; rank; position

    Someone's rank or position based on his/her social class.

    Korean definition: 사회적 신분에 따른 계급이나 위치.

    • The higher one's status rises, the more humble one should be and the more one should respect subordinates.

    • When a high-ranking state official passed by, the people around greeted him.

  2. 2

    significance

    A position or place held by a certain object.

    Korean definition: 어떤 사물이 차지하는 자리나 위치.

    • In the medieval West, pepper had such high status that not just anyone could get it.

    • Money holds such a high place for Jisu that she believed she could do anything with it.