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/ˈlɛvəl/
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[ˈlɛvəl]
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[ˈlɛvl̩]
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ˈlɛv.əl
Adjektiv
The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
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This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?
the smooth and level pavement
At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
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We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.
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Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
Unvaried in frequency.
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His pulse has been level for 12 hours.
Unvaried in volume.
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His voice has been unchanged. It has been level for 12 hours.
Calm.
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He kept a level head under stress.
He kept a level gaze.
In the same position or rank.
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Young boys and girls Are level now with men.
After a poor start to the season, Roy Hodgson's men are now unbeaten in four matches and 10th in the Premier League table, level with Aston Villa on 11 points.
Straightforward; direct; clear.
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a very plain and level account
Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
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a level head; a level understanding
a level consideration
Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
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Intonation or tone is either level, rising, or falling, marked respectively
Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
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The earth's oceans remain level in relation to the pull of gravity.
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A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
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Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed.
A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
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By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor.
Degree or amount.
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This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.
In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.
The sound level is much too high; this hurts my ears.
We've reached a new level of success.
Achievement or qualification.
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She achieved a high level of distinction.
Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
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One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
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Many of the levels change over time, from day to night or from one location to another, and some undergo a total transformation.
It took me weeks to get to level seven. Watch out for the next level; the bad guys there are really overpowered.
A numeric value given to a character (or other element of a game) that represents its relative power, challenge or eligibility to do things, used as a game mechanic to govern progression through a game.
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My half-orc barbarian reached fifth level before he was squashed by a troll.
A floor of a multi-storey building.
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Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level.
An area of almost perfectly flat land.
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The troops grow mutinous—the revenue fails— There’s something rotten in us—for the level Of the State slopes, its very bases topple, The boldest turn their backs upon themselves!
A school grade or year.
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One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
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The most common level of the colour variable is red. The other levels are blue and green.
age (especially used by cosplayers and TikTok users
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Verb
To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
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You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet.
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This pitfall, beginning in February and finishing in May, resulted in a drop of about 3 ft. in the platform level; during this period it was necessary to level the track three times weekly, and impose a service slack of 15 m.p.h. The subsidence appears now to have finished, and normal speed is once again permitted.
The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements.
To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
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The hurricane leveled the forest.
He levels mountains and he raises plains.
To progress to the next level.
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I levelled after defeating the dragon.
To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
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He levelled an accusation of fraud at the directors. The hunter levels the gun before taking a shot.
Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall, levelled a quarrel out of a crossbow.
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But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
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If the right of killing salmon belong exclusively to the King, and consequently to his donatories, why has not the Legislature secured the right by levelling penalties against such as should encroach upon it … ?
How can the Minister reconcile the first statement with the clause, when he is in fact levelling punishment at the woman and not at the errant father … ?
There is no purpose in levelling fines because they would be merely paid from the £1.8 billion which the BBC collects.
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Ultimately, Ms. Kroes [European Union Antitrust Commissioner] could level a fine and order Intel to change its business practices.
To make the score of a game equal.
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Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled.
To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
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to level all the ranks and conditions of men
To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
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to level remarks to the capacity of children
For all his mind on honour fixed is, / To which he levels all his purposes.
To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
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Sean, I'll level with you. This could get ugly. Do you have a gun?
To replace (an irregular form) with a more common form; to remove irregularities or complexities, such as within a paradigm; to regularize.
Adjektiv
having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
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a flat desk
acres of level farmland
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a plane surface
skirts sewn with fine flat seams
not showing abrupt variations
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spoke in a level voice
being on a precise horizontal plane
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a billiard table must be level
oriented at right angles to the plumb
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the picture is level
of the score in a contest
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the score is tied
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a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
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a moderate grade of intelligence
a high level of care is required
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it is all a matter of degree
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
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lumber of the highest grade
a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
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a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?
height above ground
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the water reached ankle level
the pictures were at the same level
indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
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a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
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park the car on the level
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
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a good actor communicates on several levels
a simile has at least two layers of meaning
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the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale
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what level is the office on?
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aim at
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level criticism or charges at somebody
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
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The building was levelled
make level or straight
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level the ground
direct into a position for use
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point a gun
He charged his weapon at me
talk frankly with; lay it on the line
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I have to level with you
become level or even
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The ground levelled off