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level

ˈlɛv(ə)l

Meanings

noun

a horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point.
E.g. the front garden is on a level with this floor
a position on a scale of amount, quantity, extent, or quality.
E.g. a high level of unemployment
(in a video game) each of a series of stages of increasing difficulty through which a player may progress, completing one stage in order to reach the next.
E.g. I've now reached level 106 on Candy Crush Saga
an instrument marked with a line parallel to the plane of the horizon for testing whether things are horizontal.
a flat tract of land.
E.g. the Somerset Levels

adjective

having a flat, horizontal surface.
E.g. we had reached level ground
at the same height as someone or something else.
E.g. his eyes were level with hers
having the same relative position; not in front of or behind.
E.g. the car backed rapidly until it was level with me
calm and steady.
E.g. the cold, level gaze he had given her

verb

give a flat and even surface to.
E.g. contractors started levelling the ground for the new power station
make (something, especially a score in sport) equal or similar.
E.g. Woods sliced the ball into the net to level the score
aim (a weapon).
E.g. he levelled a pistol at us
ascertain differences in the height of (land).

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