tiering
present participle oftier
tier
verb[Toften passive]
uk/tɪər/us/tɪr/toarrangeororganizesomething in tiers:
Theseatsin thetheatreweresteeplytiered.
Covering and adding layers
- additive
- asphalt
- bestrew
- bind
- blanket
- blindfold
- gilt
- gum
- gumsomethingup
- inlaid
- lag
- laminate
- layer
- retile
- retread
- seasoned
- slapsomethingon
- smothersomethingin/withsomething
- tent
- wax
Examplesoftiering
tiering
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Multipletieringin this manner can thus provide for great leverage of control.
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In the current production nine arias were cut, resulting in a more conventionaltieringof roles.
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Thetieringstructure could respond to gradual changes in the sediment.
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That would merely provide the basis for the structure, not the level oftieringto be applied.
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But no amount oftieringwill make polytechnics any cheaper.
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The firsttieringsystem in women's tennis was introduced in 1988.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thetieringof the spatial city on several independent levels, one on top of the other, determines spatial town-planning both from the functional and from the aesthetic viewpoint.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.And as ecosystems became more diverse, with more species being squeezed in to the food web, a more complex tangle of ecological interactions resulted, promoting strategies such as ecologicaltiering.
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- herringbone
- herringbone pattern
- hers
- herself
- herstory
- Hertfordshire
- hertz
- Herzberg's two-factor theory
- herzberg-s-two-factor-theory
- Herzegovina
- Herzegovinian
- he's
- he-s
- he/she deserves whatever/everything he/she gets
- he-she-deserves-whatever-everything-he-she-gets
- hesitancy
- hesitant
- hesitantly
- hesitate
- hesitated
- hesitating
- hesitation
- hessian
- hetero
- heterodox