Meaning

7 senses
  1. One who ties (knots, etc.).

  2. Something that ties.

  3. A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.

  4. A rank or grade; a stratum.

    Stoke City were playing in the second tier of English football before being promoted to the Premier League.

    Schicht, Rang, Etage

    я́русjárus, слойsloj, у́ровеньúrovenʹ

  5. (Australia)A (typically forested) range of hills or mountains, especially in South Australia or Tasmania; a mountain.

  6. A horizontal row of panels within a comic strip.

  7. (archaic)A child's apron.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. I'm only on the first tier.

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  2. We're approaching a two-tiered medical system.

    deWir laufen auf eine Zweiklassenmedizin zu.

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  3. The subscriptions for the service come in tiers.

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  4. She sculpted the cake into a three-tiered masterpiece.

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  5. Tom is a graduate of a top-tier university.

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Translations

8 languages
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Origin

From tie + -er. From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, ki

From tie + -er.

From Middle French tier, from Old French tire (“rank, sequence, order, kind”), probably from tirer (“to draw, draw out”). Alternatively, from a Germanic source related to Middle English tir (“honour, glory, power, rule”), Old English tīr (“glory, honour, fame”), Old Norse tírr (“glory, honour, renown”).

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