| tier 1 (tîr) n. 1. One of a series of rows placed one above another: a stadium with four tiers of seats. 2. A rank or class. tr. & intr.v. tiered, tier·ing, tiers To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers: tier a wedding cake; balconies that tier upward. [Middle English tire, row, rank, from Old French, from tirer, to draw out; see tirade.] |
ti·er 2 (t   r)n. One that ties: a tier of knots. |
tier1
n
1. one of a set of rows placed one above and behind the other, such as theatre seats
2.
a. a layer or level
b. (in combination) a three-tier cake
3. a rank, order, or row
vb
to be or arrange in tiers
[from Old French tire rank, of Germanic origin; compare Old English tīr embellishment]
tier2
n
a person or thing that ties
Tier a row or rank; a series; ships moored or at anchor, 1732.
Examples: tier of galleries; of guns; of organ pipes; of shelves; of shipping (moored), 1858; of snakes, 1646; of theatre boxes; the lower tier of society, 1882.
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| Noun | 1. |  tier - a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"biosafety level - the level of safety from exposure to infectious agents; depends on work practices and safety equipment and facilities rank - relative status; "his salary was determined by his rank and seniority" A level - the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level) GCSE, General Certificate of Secondary Education, O level - the basic level of a subject taken in school college level - the level of education that college students are assumed to have attained |
| 2. | tier - any one of two or more competitors who tie one another challenger, competitor, contender, rival, competition - the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was doing" | |
| 3. | tier - a worker who ties something worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker" | |
| 4. | tier - something that is used for tying; "the sail is fastened to the yard with tiers" rope - a strong line | |
| 5. | tier - one of two or more layers one atop another; "tier upon tier of huge casks"; "a three-tier wedding cake" |
tier
Translations
tier [tɪəʳ] N
tier [ˈtɪər] n
[seats] → gradin m
We were sitting in the top tier → Nous étions assis dans le gradin du haut.
tier of seats → gradin m
We were sitting in the top tier → Nous étions assis dans le gradin du haut.
tier of seats → gradin m
[cake] → étage m
tier
n (of cake) → Etage f, → Stufe f; (of amphitheatre) → Reihe f; (Theat, of stadium) → Rang m; (fig, in hierarchy etc) → Stufe f, → Rang m; a cake with three tiers → ein dreistöckiger Kuchen; a three-tier hierarchy → eine dreigestufte Hierarchie; to arrange something in tiers → etw stufenförmig aufbauen
tier [tɪəʳ] n (in theatre) → fila; (in stadium) → gradinata; (layer) → strato; (of cake) → piano
to arrange in tiers → disporre in file (or in strati)
tier [tɪəʳ] n (in theatre) → fila; (in stadium) → gradinata; (layer) → strato; (of cake) → piano
to arrange in tiers → disporre in file (or in strati)
to arrange in tiers → disporre in file (or in strati)
tier [tɪəʳ] n (in theatre) → fila; (in stadium) → gradinata; (layer) → strato; (of cake) → piano
to arrange in tiers → disporre in file (or in strati)
n tier [tiə]
a row of seats They sat in the front/first tier. ry صَف مَقاعِد مُدَرَّج ред řada række die Reihe σειρά καθισμάτων fila pingirida ردیف penkkirivi rangée שורָה एक के ऊपर एक red sjedala sor deretan kursi sætaröð fila 列 열 balkonas, a÷kštas rinda tingkat rij rekke, rad rząd fila rând ряд rad vrsta red sedišta rad ที่นั่งที่ทำลดหลั่นลงมา sıra, kat (一)排(座位) ряд, ярус قطار hàng ghế （一）排（座位）
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