Transcription
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- [teer]
- /tɪər/
- /tɪər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [teer]
- /tɪər/
Definitions of tier word
- noun tier a person or thing that ties. 1
- noun tier Nautical. a short rope or band for securing a furled sail. 1
- noun tier New England. a child's apron or pinafore. 1
- verb with object tier to arrange in tiers. 1
- verb without object tier to rise in tiers. 1
- noun tier level, layer 1
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Origin of tier
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
1560-70; earlier also tire, tyre, teare < Middle French, Old French tire, tiere order, row, rank < Germanic; compare Old English, Old Saxon tīr, Old High German zēri glory, adornment
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Parts of speech for Tier
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tier popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tier usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for tier
noun tier
- berm — a narrow path or ledge at the edge of a slope, road, or canal
- bourgeoisie — In Marxist theory, the bourgeoisie are the middle-class people who own most of the wealth in a capitalist system.
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- class — A class is a group of pupils or students who are taught together.
- degree — You use degree to indicate the extent to which something happens or is the case, or the amount which something is felt.
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