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to stratify

to stratify

2 7.9
Put people into different social levels, for example upper and lower classes
  • verb
  • /ˈstrætɪˌfaɪ/
  • Specialized
: estratificar
  • The organization aims to stratify its members by their level of experience to better address their needs.
  • stratified sample
  • stratified analysis
  • stratified sampling

So then the other way we stratified was what kind of men were these?

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Examples

  • The trainees were randomly assigned to teams, stratifying for branch of service, academic ability, and rank.

    Academic text (1993)

  • But we only stratify people by frequency.

  • So then the other way we stratified was what kind of men were these?

    Danny Jones

  • Moreover, the large sample sizes allowed us to stratify the analyses for men and women.

    Academic text (2011)

  • And we stratified them by gender and ethnicity.

    Evan Carmichael

  • The students were randomly assigned to groups of three, stratified for gender and class.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Researchers decided to stratify the participants according to income level in order to analyze the data effectively.

  • In order to understand social dynamics, they chose to stratify the community into different age groups.

Synonyms

to levelize
vsto stratify
  • US
7.8

To put people and things into groups based on skill or need

is specific to creating social classes or hierarchical groups

Antonyms

to unify
55 3.7

To bring people or things together into one group

to integrate
39 4.1

To become part of a larger group and take part in its life

How Tiered

to stratify
  • Specialized
2 7.9
to tier
2 3.8
to levelize
  • US
7.8
to rank
276 2.4

Surface Forms

stratify infinitive
stratified past
stratified past participle
stratifying present participle
stratifies third person singular

Morphology

stratify = stratum (transparent) = stratum + ify

The social sense is a metaphorical extension of 'layer' to 'level', but it is directly derived from 'stratum' + '-ify'.

Etymology

Stratify comes from the Latin stratum meaning 'layer', like the layers of a cake or rock. So when a society is stratified, people are put into different 'layers' or levels.