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stratify

[ strat-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

stratified, stratifying.
  1. to form or place in strata or layers.
  2. to preserve or germinate (seeds) by placing them between layers of earth.
  3. Sociology. to arrange in a hierarchical order, especially according to graded status levels.


verb (used without object)

stratified, stratifying.
  1. to form strata.
  2. Geology. to lie in beds or layers.
  3. Sociology. to develop hierarchically, especially as graded status levels.

stratify

/ ˈٰæɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to form or be formed in layers or strata
  2. tr to preserve or render fertile (seeds) by storing between layers of sand or earth
  3. sociol to divide (a society) into horizontal status groups or (of a society) to develop such groups
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٰپˌھ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • -ٰi·ڲ verb (used with object) destratified destratifying
  • ܱt·ٰi·ھ adjective
  • ԴDz·ٰi·ھ adjective
  • i·ٰi·ھ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stratify1

1655–65; modeled on New Latin ٰپھ, equivalent to ٰپ- strati- + -fy
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of stratify1

C17: from French stratifier, from New Latin ٰپھ, from Latin stratum
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There are the “winners” in this increasingly stratified society who can move into formerly working-class, poor, and underclass communities and buy/rent property.

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I think what’s bothered me about romance is that people have these stratified steps and a playbook and rules.

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And the most recent study found that certain blood biomarkers may help researchers stratify patients for different treatments.

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"Aside from potentially predicting future psychosis onset, biomarkers could also help stratify patients into clinically meaningful subgroups and suggest new options for treatment or intervention."

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The amount of hydrogen squeezed out increases with pressure and depth, forming a stably stratified carbon-nitrogen-hydrogen layer, almost like a plastic polymer, he said.

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