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See also:Levelandlevél

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishlevel, fromOld Frenchlivel,liveau m, laternivel,niveau, fromLatinlibella f(“a balance, a level”), diminutive oflibra f(“a balance, a level”); seelibra,librate.Doublet oflibella andniveau.

The verb is fromMiddle Englishlevelen, from the noun.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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level (comparativelevelerorleveller,superlativelevelestorlevellest)

  1. Thesameheight at allplaces;parallel to aflatground.
    Synonym:flush
    This table isn't quitelevel; see how this marble rolls off it?
  2. At the same height assomereference; constructed aslevel with.
    We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames werelevel with the dark line in the wallpaper.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 14, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      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 alevel with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.
  3. Unvaried infrequency.
    His pulse has beenlevel for 12 hours.
  4. Unvaried involume.
    His voice has been unchanged. It has beenlevel for 12 hours.
  5. Calm.
    He kept alevel head under stress.
    He kept alevel gaze.
  6. In the sameposition orrank.
  7. Straightforward; direct; clear.
    • 1873,Matthew Arnold,Literature and Dogma:
      a very plain andlevel account
  8. Wellbalanced;even;just;steady;impartial.
    alevel head; alevel understanding
  9. (phonetics) Of eventone; withoutrising orfalling inflection;monotonic.
    • 1891,Henry Sweet,A History of English Sounds from the Earliest Period:
      Intonation or tone is eitherlevel, rising, or falling, marked respectively
  10. (physics)Perpendicular to agravitationalforce.
    The earth's oceans remainlevel in relation to the pull of gravity.

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Translations

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

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level (countable anduncountable,plurallevels)

  1. A tool for finding whether a surface islevel, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
    Hand me thelevel so I can tell if this is correctly installed.
  2. A distancerelative to a given reference elevation.
    By the end of the day, we'd dug down to thelevel of the old basement floor.
  3. Degree oramount.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      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 thelevel of a casual labourer.
    • 2013 May 17,George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, inThe Guardian Weekly‎[2], volume188, number23, page19:
      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 Edwardianlevels of inequality are almost fetishised.
    The soundlevel is much too high; this hurts my ears.   We've reached a newlevel of success.
  4. Achievement orqualification.
    She achieved a highlevel of distinction.
  5. (computer science) Distance from the root node of atree structure.
  6. (video games) One of severaldiscrete segments of a game, generallyincreasing indifficulty and representing differentlocations in the game world.
    Synonyms:stage,zone,world
    • 2007 December, Chris Slate, “Get Ready to Smash”, inNintendo Power, volume222,page49:
      Many of thelevels 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 tolevel seven.   Watch out for the nextlevel; the bad guys there are really overpowered.
  7. (roleplaying games, video games) Anumericvalue given to acharacter (or otherelement of agame) that represents its relativepower,challenge oreligibility to do things, used as agame mechanic to governprogression through agame.
    My half-orc barbarian reached fifthlevel before he was squashed by a troll.
  8. Afloor of a multi-storey building.
    Take the elevator and get off at the promenadelevel.
  9. (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
    • 1820,Percy Bysshe Shelley,Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:
      The troops grow mutinous—the revenue fails—
      There’s something rotten in us—for thelevel
      Of the State slopes, its very bases topple,
      The boldest turn their backs upon themselves!
  10. (Singapore, education) Aschoolgrade oryear.
  11. (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by acategorical variable.
    The most commonlevel of thecolour variable isred. The other levels areblue andgreen.

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tool
distance relative to a given reference elevation
degree or amount
computer science: distance from the root node of a tree structure
gaming: discrete segment of a game
gaming: numeric value for something or someone's experience and power
floor of a building—seestorey
area of almost perfectly flat land
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Verb

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level (third-person singular simple presentlevels,present participle(US)levelingor(UK)levelling,simple past and past participle(US)leveledor(UK)levelled)

  1. (transitive) Toadjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
    You canlevel the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet.
    • 1939 June, “Pertinent Paragraphs: Pitfalls”, inRailway Magazine, page456:
      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 tolevel 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.
    • 2020 August 12, “Network News: Four new jacks at Clacton depot”, inRail, page18:
      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.
  3. (transitive) Todestroy byreducing toground level; toraze.
    The hurricaneleveled the forest.
  4. (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) Toprogress to thenextlevel.
    Synonym:level up
    Ilevelled after defeating the dragon.
  5. (transitive) Toaim ordirect (aweapon, astare, anaccusation, etc).
    Helevelled an accusation of fraud at the directors. The hunterlevels the gun before taking a shot.
    • 1592,John Stow,The Annales of England:
      Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall,levelled a quarrel out of a crossbow.
    • 1879,R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, inThe Amateur Poacher, London:Smith, Elder, & Co., […],→OCLC:
      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 waslevelled at them.
    • 2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, inSCP Foundation‎[3], archived fromthe original on22 May 2024:
      The force of her horror must have been palpable in the air, because Jorge's eyes opened as she raised the bayonet up. "Fina?"

      "How...?" she managed.

      He sat bolt upright, and swung his feet over the bed. "Fina, it isn't safe here. You need to hide."

      She kept the bayonetlevelled on him. "I thought you were dead."

  6. (transitive) Todirect orimpose (apenalty,fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [withonoragainstorat].
    Synonym:levy
    • 1809, William Ross (Jr.),Abridgement of the laws of Scotland relating to hunting [etc], page 60:
      If the right of killing salmon belong exclusively to the King, and consequently to his donatories, why has not the Legislature secured the right bylevelling penalties against such as should encroach upon it [...] ?
    • 1978,Parliamentary Debates of the New Zealand House of Representatives, page 4955:
      How can the Minister reconcile the first statement with the clause, when he is in factlevelling punishment at the woman and not at the errant father [...] ?
    • 1995,The Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the[Great British] House of Lords:
      There is no purpose inlevelling fines because they would be merely paid from the £1.8 billion which the BBC collects.
    • 2007, Mary Jacoby,EU investigators endorse charges against Intel, Wall Street Journal Europe, 17 January, page 32, column 5:
      Ultimately, Ms. Kroes [European Union Antitrust Commissioner] couldlevel a fine and order Intel to change its business practices.
  7. (intransitive, sports) To make thescore of a game equal.
    Synonym:equalize
    • 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1-2 Norwich”, inBBC Sport:
      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 immediatelylevelled.
  8. (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
    tolevel all the ranks and conditions of men
  9. (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
    tolevel remarks to the capacity of children
  10. (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly[withwith‘someone’] (see:level with).
    • 2010, James William Jones,Triple Crossed:
      Sean, I'lllevel with you. This could get ugly. Do you have a gun?

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Translations

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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
sports: to make the score of a game equal
to levy—seelevy
figurative: to bring to a common level or plane
to adjust or adapt to a certain level

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etymologically unrelated terms containing "level"

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Further reading

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Dutch

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DutchWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedianl

Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishlevel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛ.vəl/
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  • Hyphenation:le‧vel

Noun

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level n (plurallevels,diminutiveleveltje n)

  1. (video games)level (segment of a game)
    Synonym:niveau
  2. (roleplaying games, video games)level (numeric value quantifying an ability, a character or an item)
    Synonym:niveau

Indonesian

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Etymology

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FromEnglishlevel, fromMiddle Englishlevel, fromOld Frenchlivel,liveau m, laternivel,niveau, fromLatinlibella f(“a balance, a level”), diminutive oflibra f(“a balance, a level”).

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Noun

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level (plurallevel-level)

  1. (colloquial)level
    Synonyms:tingkatan,tataran,lapisan

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