Tier Definition

tîr
tiers
noun
tiers
Any of a series of rows, layers, ranks, etc. arranged one above or behind another.
Webster's New World
A row, or rank, of seats.
Webster's New World
A person or thing that ties.
Webster's New World
A type of pinafore formerly worn by children.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
tiers
To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers.
Tier a wedding cake; balconies that tier upward.
American Heritage
To arrange or be arranged in tiers.
A three-tiered wedding cake, one-tier tax system.
Webster's New World

To cascade in an overlapping sequence.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Tier

Noun

Singular:
tier
Plural:
tiers

Origin of Tier

  • Middle English tire row, rank from Old French from tirer to draw out tirade

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Maybe from Middle French, from Old French tirer, "draw, pull out".

    From Wiktionary

  • tie + -er

    From Wiktionary

Tier Sentence Examples

  • We'll make the top tier first, which is the smallest.

  • They are the people in Labor's second tier Britain.

  • This creates the bottom tier of the cake.

  • The aim of Tier 2 services is to engage drug misusers in treatment and to reduce drug-related harm.

  • Future of the RUC The second tier would not usurp the powers of the RUC.

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Words Starting With

TTITIE

Words Ending With

RERIER

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Words Starting With T and Ending With R

Starts With T & Ends With RStarts With TI & Ends With RStarts With T & Ends With ER

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With T4 Letter Words Ending With R