tier

Plural: tiers

Noun

• a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
• any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
• a worker who ties something
• something that is used for tying
  • "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers"
• one of two or more layers one atop another
  • "tier upon tier of huge casks"
  • "a three-tier wedding cake"
• One who ties (knots, etc).
• Something that ties.
• A child's apron.
• A row or range, especially one at a higher or lower level than another.
• A rank or grade; a stratum.
• A (typically forested) range of hills or mountains, especially in South Australia or Tasmania; a mountain.
• A horizontal row of panels within a comic strip.

Verb

Verb Forms: tiered, tiering, tiers

• To arrange in rows or layers placed one above another.
• To arrange in layers.
• To cascade in an overlapping sequence.
• To move (data) from one storage medium to another as an optimization, based on how frequently it is accessed.

Examples

• She tried to TIER her letters on the rack, hoping for better word visibility.
• Stoke City were playing in the second tier of English football before being promoted to the Premier League.

Synonyms

grade, level, tier up

Anagrams of tier