many-to-one

adjective

Having the property that many elements of one set may be assigned by the relationship to one element in the other set, and that a given element in the first set can be assigned by only one member of the second set.

“Traditional management structure consisted of a hierarchical tree of many-to-one communications (from subordinate to manager), with each manager often significantly filtering what he passed on to his manager.”

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Meanings

adjectivemany-to-one (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehuman sciencesHaving the property that many elements of one set may be assigned by the relationship to one element in the other set, and that a given element in the first set can be assigned by only one member of the second set.
  2. not comparableFrom many sources to a single recipient.

    Traditional management structure consisted of a hierarchical tree of many-to-one communications (from subordinate to manager), with each manager often significantly filtering what he passed on to his manager.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Chicago

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