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tier
noun
1 tier
A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.
synonyms: grade, level.
Roget 69:
continuity;
consecution,
consecutiveness
etc.
adj.;
succession,
round,
suite,
progression,
series,
train chain;
catenation,
concatenation;
scale;
gradation,
course;
ceaselessness,
constant flow,
unbroken extent.
procession,
column;
retinue,
cortege,
cavalcade,
rank and file,
line of battle,
array.
pedigree,
genealogy,
lineage,
race;
ancestry,
descent,
family,
house;
line,
line of ancestors;
strain.
rank,
file,
line,
row,
range,
tier,
string,
thread,
team;
suit;
colonnade.
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Roget 204:
layer,
stratum,
strata,
course,
bed,
zone,
substratum,
substrata,
floor,
flag,
stage,
story,
tier,
slab,
escarpment;
table,
tablet;
dess†;
flagstone;
board,
plank;
trencher,
platter.
plate;
lamina,
lamella;
sheet,
foil;
wafer;
scale,
flake,
peel;
coat,
pellicle;
membrane,
film;
leaf;
slice,
shive†,
cut,
rasher,
shaving,
integument
etc.
(covering)
223;
eschar†.
stratification,
scaliness,
nest of boxes,
coats of an onion.
monolayer;
bilayer;
trilayer [Bioch.].
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Polish: sort
2 tier
Any one of two or more competitors who tie one another.
3 tier
A worker who ties something.
synonym: tier up.
4 tier
Something that is used for tying.
5 tier
One of two or more layers one atop another.
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