Level

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English

Adjective

Level (comparative leveler, superlative levelest)

  1. The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
    This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?
  2. At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
    We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.
  3. Unvaried in frequency.
    His pulse has been level for 12 hours.
  4. Sensible.
    He kept a level head under stress.

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Noun

Level (plural Levels)
  1. A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
    Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed.
  2. A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
    By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor.
  3. Degree or amount.
    The sound level is much too high; this hurts my ears.
    We've reached a new level of success.
  4. In an Internet post, an indication of the number of previous replies at which a portion of text was written.
  5. (gaming) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered. Often, each level occupies different physical space (levels don't require any direct physical relationship to each other, e.g. vertically stacked, horizontally chained, etc).
    It took me weeks to get to level seven.
    Watch out for the next level; the bad guys there are really overpowered.
  6. (gaming) A periodic progression of integer values that quantify a character's experience and power.
    My half-orc barbarian reached fifth level before he was squashed by a troll.
  7. A floor of a multi-storey building.
    Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level.
  8. (UK) an area of almost perfectly flat land.

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Verb

Level (third-person singular simple present levels, present participle leveling or levelling, simple past and past participle leveled or levelled)

  1. To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground of possible.
    You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet.
  2. To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
    The hurricane leveled the forest.
  3. (gaming) To progress to the next level.
    I levelled after defeating the dragon.
  4. To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
    He levelled an accusation of fraud.
  5. (nonstandard, rare) To levy.
    • 2007, Mary Jacoby, EU investigators endorse charges against Intel, Wall Street Journal Europe (17 Jan 07, p. 32, col 5),
      Ultimately, Ms. Kroes [European Union Antitrust Commissioner] could level a fine and order Intel to change its business practices.

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Adjectives for Level

portentous; maintenance; conversational; unlovely; vulgar; conciliating; preeminent; remunerative; childish; artistic; unending; windy; desirable; reflecting; usual; varying; harmless; unmeaning; humdrum; common; ordinary.

Verbs for Level

attain—; defile—; degrade to—; destroy—; discover—; drain—; elevate to—; find—;gain—; hold—; jump to—; lie within—; maintain—; mark—; preserve—; raise above—; reduce to—; regress to—; sink to.

Adverbs for Level

meticulously; exactly; monotonously; conveniently; smoothly; endlessly; uniformly; tiresomely; changelessly; drearily; continuously; symmetrically; roughly; unevenly; ruggedly; fairly.

Thesaurus

IC analysis, accommodate, accordant, address, adjust, aim, akin, alabaster, align, aligned, alike, alkali flat, alluvial plain, altitude, amount, appositive, arrowlike, assimilate to, at full length, at par, attribute, attributive, automatic, balance, balanced, band, basin, beat down, bed, bedding, belt, billiard table, blood, blow down, blow over, bottomland, bowl down, bowl over, bowling alley, bowling green, bracket, branch, break down, bring down, bulldog, bulldoze, burn down, bushveld, caliber, campo, cancel, cast, cast down, caste, category, champaign, champaign country, chop down, clan, class, clerestory, coastal plain, commensurate, compass, compensate, complement, consistent, consonant, constant, construction modifier, continuous, coordinate, correspondent, couche, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, course, cut, cut down, cutting, dab, damp, dash down, dead flat, dead level, dead straight, deck, deep structure, defensible, degree, delta, demolish, desert, deserved, destroy, devastate, direct, direct object, division, down, downs, downy, drag, drawn, dress, drop, dub, due, earth, elevation, entresol, equable, equal, equalize, equalized, equate, equilibrize, equitable, equivalent, esplanade, estate, even, even stephen, even up, evenhanded, evenly, extent, fair, fair and square, fell, fetch down, fifty-fifty, filler, first floor, fit, flat, flat country, flatland, flatly, flats, flatten, flattened, flatways, flatwise, floor, flush, focus, form-function unit, function, gallery, glabrate, glabrescent, glabrous, glass, good, grade, grass veld, grassland, grease, ground, ground floor, group, grouping, half-and-half, harmonize, harrow, head, heading, heath, height, hew down, homaloid, homaloidal, homogeneous, homogenize, honest, horizontal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault, horizontal line, horizontal parallax, horizontal plane, horizontal projection, horizontally, ice, identical, immediate constituent analysis, immutable, in a line, incline, indirect object, integrate, interval, invariable, ivory, just, justifiable, justified, kin, knock down, knock over, knotted, label, lande, lawful, lay, lay down, lay flat, lay level, lay low, lay out, lay waste, layer, leap, ledge, legal, leiotrichous, lengthways, lengthwise, level line, level off, level plane, level with, level-headed, levels, like, lineal, linear, llano, lowland, lowlands, lubricate, lunar mare, mahogany, make uniform, marble, mare, mark, mean sea level, measure, measured, measures, mechanical, meet, meet and right, merited, mesa, mesilla, methodic, mezzanine, mezzanine floor, modifier, monolithic, moor, moorland, mow, mow down, nip and tuck, normalize, notch, nuance, object, of a piece, oil, on a footing, on a level, on a par, on even ground, on the level, open, open country, order, ordered, orderly, overlayer, overstory, pampa, pampas, par, parallel, parterre, pas, peg, peneplain, period, persistent, phrase structure, pigeonhole, pitch, plain, plains, plane, planish, plaster, plateau, platform, playa, point, poise, position, prairie, precipitate, predicament, predicate, prone, proper, proportion, proportionate, prostrate, pull down, qualifier, quits, race, range, rank, ranks, rase, rating, ratio, raze, reach, rectilineal, rectilinear, regular, regularize, regulate, remove, rez-de-chaussee, right, right and proper, rightful, robotlike, roll, roll flat, rolled, round, rubric, ruler-straight, rung, salt flat, salt marsh, salt pan, same, satin, savanna, scale, scope, sea level, sea of grass, seam, sebkha, section, send headlong, sept, set, shade, shadow, shallow structure, shave, shelf, shoot straight, silk, similar, sincere, slide, slot, slot and filler, smash, smooth, smooth down, smooth out, smooth-shaven, smooth-textured, smoothed out, smoothen, smoothened, space, spread-eagle, square, squashed, squashed flat, stabilize, stable, stage, stair, stalemated, standard, standardize, standing, station, status, steadfast, steady, steamroll, steamroller, step, steppe, stereotype, stint, story, straight, straight-cut, straight-front, straight-shooting, straight-side, straightforward, strain, strata, stratum, streamlined, street floor, strike a balance, structure, suave, subdivision, subgroup, subject, suborder, substratum, superstratum, supinate, supine, surface structure, symmetrize, syntactic analysis, syntactic structure, syntactics, syntax, systematic, table, tableland, tabloid, tabular, tagmeme, take down, tear down, tennis court, terrace, thickness, throw, throw down, tied, tier, title, topple, topsoil, train, tread, tree veld, trip, trodden, trodden flat, true, tumble, tundra, turn, unalterable, unbending, unbent, unbowed, unbroken, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, uncurved, undeflected, underlayer, underlying structure, understory, understratum, undeviating, undifferentiated, undistorted, undiversified, uniform, uniformize, uninterrupted, unrough, unroughened, unruffled, unswerving, unturned, unvaried, unvarying, up on, upland, upright, vega, veld, velvet, vertical, very, warrantable, warranted, water level, weald, whack down, wide-open spaces, with, wold, word arrangement, word order, wreck, zero, zone

Etymology

< Middle English level < Old French livel, liveau, later nivel, niveau < Latin libella (“a balance, a level”), diminutive of libra (“a balance, a level”); see libra, librate.

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Translations

Adjective

same height at all places
at the same height as some reference
being unvaried
being sensible
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Noun

tool for finding whether a surface is level
distance relative to a given reference elevation
degree or amount
one of several discrete segments of a game (gaming)
character's experience and power (gaming)
floor of a multi-storey building
The translations below need to be checked.
Translations to be checked

See also

Verb

to adjust so as to make level
to destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze
to progress to the next level
to aim or direct

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