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tier
row, rank, or layer, one atop the other: Their seats are on the third tier.
Not to be confused with:
tear – (tear as in teardrop) a drop of the saline solution that is secreted by the lacrimal glands: I won’t shed a tear if you go.
Abused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embree
tier 1
(tîr)n.
1. One of a series of rows placed one above another: a stadium with four tiers of seats.
2. A rank or class.
tr. & intr.v. tiered, tier·ing, tiers
To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers: tier a wedding cake; balconies that tier upward.
[Middle English tire, row, rank, from Old French, from tirer, to draw out; see tirade.]
ti·er 2
(tī′ər)n.
One that ties: a tier of knots.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
tier
(tɪə)n
1. one of a set of rows placed one above and behind the other, such as theatre seats
2.
a. a layer or level
b. (in combination): a three-tier cake.
3. a rank, order, or row
vb
to be or arrange in tiers
[C16: from Old French tire rank, of Germanic origin; compare Old English tīr embellishment]
tier
(ˈtaɪə)n
a person or thing that ties
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
tier1
(tɪər)n.
1. one of a series of rows or ranks rising one behind or above another, as of seats in an amphitheater.
2. one of a number of galleries, as in a theater.
3. a layer; level; stratum: a wedding cake with six tiers.
v.t. 4. to arrange in tiers.
v.i. 5. to rise in tiers.
[1560–70; earlier also tire, tyre, teare < Middle French, Old French tire, tiere order, row, rank < Germanic; compare Old English, Old Saxon tīr, Old High German zēri glory, adornment]
ti•er2
(ˈtaɪ ər)n.
a person or thing that ties.
[1625–35]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
tier
- From French tire, "order, sequence."See also related terms for sequence.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
Tier
a row or rank; a series; ships moored or at anchor, 1732.Examples: tier of galleries; of guns; of organ pipes; of shelves; of shipping (moored), 1858; of snakes, 1646; of theatre boxes; the lower tier of society, 1882.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
tier
Past participle: tiered
Gerund: tiering
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| Noun | 1. |  tier - a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"biosafety level - the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" A level - the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level) GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education, O level - the basic level of a subject taken in school college level - the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained |
| 2. | tier - any one of two or more competitors who tie one another challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" | |
| 3. | tier - a worker who ties something worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" | |
| 4. | tier - something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers" rope - a strong line | |
| 5. | tier - one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake" |
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tier
noun row, bank, layer, line, order, level, series, file, rank, storey, stratum, echelon an auditorium with tiers of seats around and above it
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
tier
nounThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
صَف مَقاعِد مُدَرَّج
řada
række
sætaröî
rinda
tier
[tɪəʳ] NCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
tier
[ˈtɪər] n [seats] → gradin m
We were sitting in the top tier → Nous étions assis dans le gradin du haut.
tier of seats → gradin m
We were sitting in the top tier → Nous étions assis dans le gradin du haut.
tier of seats → gradin m
[cake] → étage m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
tier
n (of cake) → Etage f, → Stufe f; (of amphitheatre) → Reihe f; (Theat, of stadium) → Rang m; (fig, in hierarchy etc) → Stufe f, → Rang m; a cake with three tiers → ein dreistöckiger Kuchen; a three-tier hierarchy → eine dreigestufte Hierarchie; to arrange something in tiers → etw stufenförmig aufbauen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
tier
[tɪəʳ] n (in theatre) → fila; (in stadium) → gradinata; (layer) → strato; (of cake) → pianoto arrange in tiers → disporre in file (or in strati)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
tier
(tiə) noun a row of seats. They sat in the front/first tier.
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