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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024strat•i•fy /ˈstrætəˌfaɪ/USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. - to (cause to) be formed in different levels or strata, esp. within a society: [~ + object]The society became stratified as the poor got poorer and the rich got richer.[no object]Their society gradually stratified until movement between different levels became impossible.
strat•i•fi•ca•tion /ˌstrætəfɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]stratification into different classes.See -strat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024strat•i•fy (strat′ə fī′),USA pronunciation v., -fied, -fy•ing. v.t. - to form or place in strata or layers.
- Agricultureto preserve or germinate (seeds) by placing them between layers of earth.
- Sociologyto arrange in a hierarchical order, esp. according to graded status levels.
v.i. - to form strata.
- Geologyto lie in beds or layers.
- Sociologyto develop hierarchically, esp. as graded status levels.
- modeled on Neo-Latin strātificāre, equivalent. to strāti- strati- + -ficāre -fy 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stratify /ˈstrætɪˌfaɪ/ vb ( -fies, -fying, -fied)- to form or be formed in layers or strata
- to divide (a society) into horizontal status groups or (of a society) to develop such groups
Etymology: 17th Century: from French stratifier, from New Latin stratificāre, from Latin stratumˈstratiˌfied adj |