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Adjective stratified has 3 senses
- graded, ranked, stratified - arranged in a sequence of grades or ranks; "stratified areas of the distribution"
Antonyms: nonhierarchical, nonhierarchic (indirect, via hierarchical)
- stratified, bedded - deposited or arranged in horizontal layers; "stratified rock"
Antonym: unstratified
- class-conscious, stratified - (used of society) socially hierarchical; "American society is becoming increasingly stratified"
Antonyms: nonhierarchical, nonhierarchic (indirect, via hierarchical)
Verb stratify has 5 senses
- stratify - divide society into social classes or castes; "Income distribution often stratifies a society"
--1 is one way to distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise, tell, tell apart
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- stratify - form layers or strata; "The rock stratifies"
--2 is one way to arrange, set up
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- stratify - develop different social levels, classes, or castes; "Society stratifies when the income gap widens"
--3 is one way to change
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- stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"
--4 is one way to put, set, place, pose, position, lay
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- stratify - render fertile and preserve by placing between layers of earth or sand; "stratify seeds"
--5 is one way to inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
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