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Level   /lˈɛvəl/   Listen
Level

noun
1.
A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.  Synonyms: degree, grade.  "A high level of care is required" , "It is all a matter of degree"
2.
A relative position or degree of value in a graded group.  Synonyms: grade, tier.
3.
A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.  Synonyms: degree, point, stage.  "At what stage are the social sciences?"
4.
Height above ground.  "The pictures were at the same level"
5.
Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid.  Synonym: spirit level.
6.
A flat surface at right angles to a plumb line.  Synonym: horizontal surface.
7.
An abstract place usually conceived as having depth.  Synonyms: layer, stratum.  "A simile has at least two layers of meaning" , "The mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
8.
A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale.  Synonyms: floor, storey, story.
adjective
1.
Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another.  Synonyms: flat, plane.  "Acres of level farmland" , "A plane surface" , "Skirts sewn with fine flat seams"
2.
Not showing abrupt variations.  Synonym: unwavering.  "She gave him a level look"
3.
Being on a precise horizontal plane.
4.
Oriented at right angles to the plumb.
5.
Of the score in a contest.  Synonyms: even, tied.
verb
(past & past part. leveled or levelled; pres. part. leveling or levelling)
1.
Aim at.
2.
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.  Synonyms: dismantle, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down.
3.
Make level or straight.  Synonyms: even, even out, flush.
4.
Direct into a position for use.  Synonyms: charge, point.  "He charged his weapon at me"
5.
Talk frankly with; lay it on the line.
6.
Become level or even.  Synonym: level off.



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"Level" Quotes from Famous Books



... sprang from the top of a dry tree above me and came sailing directly over my head. I saw him bend his eye down upon me, and I could hear the low hum of his plumage, as if the web of every quill in his great wings vibrated in his strong, level flight. I watched him as long as my eye could hold him. When he was fairly clear of the mountain he began that sweeping spiral movement in which he climbs the sky. Up and up he went without once breaking his majestic poise till he appeared to sight some far-off alien geography, ...
— English: Composition and Literature • W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
... risen, and through a deep cleft in the hills it sent a strong shaft of light straight at the island. The yellow light, almost level, struck through the stems of the trees and dazzled the children's eyes. This, with the fact that he was not looking where he was going, as Jimmy did not fail to point out later, was enough to account for ...
— The Enchanted Castle • E. Nesbit
... do 'rithmetic all right, but I ain't no good in nothin' else—an'—an'—wouldn't I look fine teachin' school?" Jake Ransom exclaimed, but the bully melted out of him by way of the fact that she had heard good reports of him. He would not smoke this level-eyed girl out of the schoolhouse, nor sprinkle the floor with cayenne, as was the usual proceeding of the country bumpkin who failed to admire his teacher. Jake Ransom was not really a bully; he was a shy boy who had been domineered over by a young popinjay of ...
— The Wind Before the Dawn • Dell H. Munger
... enjoyed under our Government than under any other they have ever heard of, or that exists at present in any other part of the country. The eternal subdivision of the landed property reduces them too much to one common level, and prevents the formation of that middle class which is the basis of all that is great and good in European societies—the great vivifying spirit which animates all that is good above it in the community.[2] It is a singular fact that the peasantry, ...
— Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official • William Sleeman
... We see, in Scripture, that bad kings were not interred in the monuments of their ancestors. This practice suggested to princes, that if their majesty placed them out of the reach of men's judgment while they were alive, they would at last be liable to it when death should reduce them to a level with their subjects. ...
— The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, • Charles Rollin


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