level
noun
[ ˈlɛv(ə)l ]
• a horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point.
• "the front garden is on a level with this floor"
• a position on a scale of amount, quantity, extent, or quality.
• "a high level of unemployment"
Similar:
quantity,
amount,
extent,
measure,
degree,
volume,
size,
magnitude,
intensity,
pitch,
strength,
proportion,
• (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.
• "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.
• "the Somerset Levels"
level
adjective
• having a flat, horizontal surface.
• "we had reached level ground"
Similar:
flat,
smooth,
even,
uniform,
plane,
flush,
plumb,
regular,
true,
(as) flat as a pancake,
perfectly horizontal,
perfectly vertical,
• at the same height as someone or something else.
• "his eyes were level with hers"
Similar:
aligned,
on the same level as,
on a level,
at the same height as,
in line,
balanced,
abreast,
side by side,
• having the same relative position; not in front of or behind.
• "the car backed rapidly until it was level with me"
Similar:
aligned,
on the same level as,
on a level,
at the same height as,
in line,
balanced,
abreast,
side by side,
• calm and steady.
• "the cold, level gaze he had given her"
Similar:
unchanging,
steady,
unvarying,
stable,
even,
uniform,
regular,
consistent,
constant,
invariable,
unalterable,
unaltering,
unfluctuating,
calm,
unemotional,
composed,
equable,
unruffled,
serene,
tranquil,
level
verb
• give a flat and even surface to.
• "contractors started levelling the ground for the new power station"
Similar:
make level,
level out,
level off,
make even,
even off,
even out,
make flat,
flatten,
smooth,
smooth out,
plane,
make uniform,
make regular,
regularize,
polish,
face,
• make (something, especially a score in sport) equal or similar.
• "Woods sliced the ball into the net to level the score"
• aim (a weapon).
• "he levelled a pistol at us"
Similar:
aim,
point,
direct,
train,
sight,
focus,
turn,
beam,
zero in on,
draw a bead on,
take aim,
• ascertain differences in the height of (land).
Origin:
Middle English (denoting an instrument to determine whether a surface is horizontal): from Old French livel, based on Latin libella, diminutive of libra ‘scales, balance’.
