Dictionary

tier en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• tī'ər (US)
• /ˈtaɪ.ə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• tī'ə (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtaɪ.ɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From tie + -er.

Meanings

1. One who ties (knots, etc.).
2. Something that ties.
3. (archaic) A child's apron.

Forms

Deriveds

leaf tier

tier en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• tî (UK)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈtɪɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈtɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• tîr (US)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
2. A rank or grade; a stratum.
   • Turians have 27 citizenship tiers, beginning with civilians (client races and children). The initial period of military service is the second tier. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Turians: Government Codex entry:
   • At various points during the (too frequent, mostly boring, school play-tier) dialogue. 2023 May 25, Nic Reuben, “The Lord of the Rings: Gollum review”, in The Guardian:
   • Stoke City were playing in the second tier of English football before being promoted to the Premier League.
3. (Australia) A (typically forested) range of hills or mountains, especially in South Australia or Tasmania; a mountain.
   • This party headed towards the tiers and lakes, scouring the country while veering towards Bothwell. 2017, Nick Brodie, The Vandemonian War, Hardie Grant Books, page 114:
   • On she drove, leaving the highway, up a skinny country road, past the snow-capped tier and into the forest on its foothills. 2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 141:
4. A horizontal row of panels within a comic strip.

Forms

Deriveds

bottom-tier · Web-tier · tierlike · tier list · free-tier · multitier · two-tier · top tier · cable-tier · n-tier · god tier · flytier · tierable · multi-tier · two-tiered · B-tier · retier · mid-tier · second-tier · third-tier · two-tier Keir · S-tier · multitiers · A-tier · subtier · top-tier

Translations (59)

fi kerros (layer or rank) · he קוֹמָה (layer or rank) · pl poziom (layer or rank) · pl warstwa (layer or rank) · he שִׁכְבָה (layer or rank) · hu emelet (layer or rank) · it ripiano (layer or rank) · sv skikt (layer or rank) · es rango (layer or rank) · bg ниво (layer or rank) · hu réteg (layer or rank) · ru ряд (layer or rank) · mi tānga (layer or rank) · de Rang (layer or rank) · ru слой (layer or rank) · de Reihe (layer or rank) · es piso (layer or rank) · hu sor (layer or rank) · kk қабат (layer or rank) · de Schicht (layer or rank) · ru я́рус (layer or rank) · ja 層 (layer or rank) · cmn 行 (layer or rank) · ja 階 (layer or rank) · hu üléssor (layer or rank) · pt camada (layer or rank) · hu szint (layer or rank) · es grado (layer or rank) · sv lager (layer or rank) · cmn 排 (layer or rank) · sh etaža (layer or rank) · nl laag (layer or rank) · he נִדְבָּךְ (layer or rank) · da lag (layer or rank) · ja 列 (layer or rank) · vi tầng (layer or rank) · pl kondygnacja (layer or rank) · nl rang (layer or rank) · de Sitzreihe (layer or rank) · enm stage (layer or rank) · es categoría (layer or rank) · ca rang (layer or rank) · vi bậc (layer or rank) · de Etage (layer or rank) · tr tabaka (layer or rank) · de Ebene (layer or rank) · ru у́ровень (layer or rank) · pl rząd (np. krzeseł) (layer or rank) · fi taso (layer or rank) · fr rang (layer or rank) · cmn 層 /层 (layer or rank) · pdt Schicht (layer or rank) · it strato (layer or rank) · ja 階層 (layer or rank) · ru эта́ж (layer or rank) · es nivel (layer or rank) · hu polcsor (layer or rank) · vi thứ bậc (layer or rank) · sh етажа (layer or rank)

tier en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• tî (UK)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈtɪɚ/ (General-American)
• /ˈtɪə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• tîr (US)

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To arrange in layers.
2. (transitive) To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
3. (transitive) To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.

Forms