noun
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
- it is all a matter of degree
noun
a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
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- lumber of the highest grade
noun
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?
noun
height above ground
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- the water reached ankle level
- the pictures were at the same level
noun
indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
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spirit level
noun
a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line
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horizontal surface
Examples
- park the car on the level
noun
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
- the mind functions on many strata simultaneously
noun
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?
verb
aim at
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- level criticism or charges at somebody
verb
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
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- The building was levelled
verb
make level or straight
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- level the ground
verb
direct into a position for use
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- point a gun
- He charged his weapon at me
verb
talk frankly with
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- lay it on the line
- I have to level with you
verb
become level or even
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level off
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- The ground levelled off
adjective
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
- a plane surface
- skirts sewn with fine flat seams
adjective
not showing abrupt variations
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- spoke in a level voice
- she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss
adjective
being on a precise horizontal plane
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- a billiard table must be level
adjective
oriented at right angles to the plumb
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- the picture is level
adjective
of the score in a contest
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- the score is tied