Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One of a series of rows placed one above another.
- noun A rank or class.
- transitive & intransitive verb To arrange (something) into or rise in tiers.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A range of mountains.
- noun A row; a rank, particularly when two or more rows are placed one above another: as, a tier of seats in a theater; the old three-decked war-ships had three tiers of guns on each side, the upper, middle, and lower tiers.
- noun In organ-building, same as
rank , 1 . - noun One who or that which ties.
- noun A child's apron. Also, erroneously, tire.
- noun In entomology, same as
leaf-tier . - To pile, build, or arrange in tiers. Compare
tierer . - noun See
tire .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, ties.
- noun A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore.
- noun A row or rank, especially one of two or more rows placed one above, or higher than, another.
- noun the ranges of fakes, or windings, of a cable, laid one within another when coiled.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
ties (knots, etc). - noun Something that ties.
- noun A
layer orrank , especially ofseats or awedding cake . - verb transitive To
arrange inlayers . - verb transitive To
cascade in anoverlapping sequence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
- noun a worker who ties something
- noun any one of two or more competitors who tie one another
- noun something that is used for tying
- noun one of two or more layers one atop another
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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These guys operated on what we call a tier one level.
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We've got a lot of franchisee interest on our business from what I call tier-1 franchisees.
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There are a few different tiers of security at our school, but most people (teachers and students) have what I refer to as tier one, which is where everything remotely useful is blocked.
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The second tier is always there; the issue is: what the first tier should look like.
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I work in tier 1 (tier 2-ish tasks many times) HelpDesk at a media company and I'm constantly copying/pasting things in Active Directory, MS Exchange Management Console, and other systems.
CopyPasteTool Is A Tiny, Dead-Simple Clipboard Helper | Lifehacker Australia 2009
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A year later, high-end home buyers were thought to have endless, deep pockets, further insulating the top-tier from the cratering economy.
America's Most Expensive Homes Matthew Woolsey 2009
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Store sizes will be upwards of 15,000-25,000 square feet even in tier II towns like Pune.
Marks & Spencer's Retail Rethink Saumya Roy 2010
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Because this lower tier is what Medicare will become.
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Store sizes will be upwards of 15,000-25,000 square feet even in tier II towns like Pune.
Marks & Spencer's Retail Rethink Saumya Roy 2010
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Store sizes will be upwards of 15,000-25,000 square feet even in tier II towns like Pune.
Marks & Spencer's Retail Rethink Saumya Roy 2010
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Please share the songs that you define as God Tier, preferably in the indie rock genre but anything will suffice (: The songs that stand the test of time, a 10/10 in every way to you.
Give me your God Tier music recs O-licious 2025
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On May 17th, Urban Dictionary [3] user Yello River defined the top tier "God Tier." They wrote, "Skills that are almost god like."
Tier Lists | Know Your Meme C_Mill24 2024
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Can we just talk about this god tier film? I just finished my 9th or 10th rewatch of Fight Club and it NEVER ceases to blow me away.
Can we just talk about this god tier film? I just finished my 9th or 10th rewatch of Fight Club and it NEVER ceases to blow me away. Davidudeman 2025
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On May 17th, Urban Dictionary [3] user Yello River defined the top tier "God Tier." They wrote, "Skills that are almost god like."
Tier Lists | Know Your Meme C_Mill24 2024
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God tier is part of character tier systems usually used in competitive video games. God tier is a character that has to be banned from competitive play in a video game because they're way too overpowered to the point that it's not fair to use them.
Why are so many people using the expression "God Tier" recently? FountainsOfFluids 2025
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Please share the songs that you define as God Tier, preferably in the indie rock genre but anything will suffice (: The songs that stand the test of time, a 10/10 in every way to you.
Give me your God Tier music recs O-licious 2025
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I require new music! Show me anything you consider god tier! ANYTHING GOES!
I require new music! Show me anything you consider god tier! ANYTHING GOES! 2025
yarb commented on the word tier
Is this the last of Leonard? No. His fall is broken by tiers of fern fronds.
- William Steig, The Zabajaba Jungle
October 5, 2008