Definition of level in English English dictionary
- an area of almost perfectly flat land
- Unvaried in frequency
His pulse has been level for 12 hours.
- In an Internet post, an indication of the number of previous replies at which a portion of text was written
- A floor of a multi-storey building
Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level.
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference
Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed.
- One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered. Often, each level occupies different physical space (levels don't require any direct physical relationship to each other, e.g. vertically stacked, horizontally chained, etc)
Watch out for the next level; the bad guys there are really overpowered.
- To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground of possible
You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet.
- Degree or amount
We've reached a new level of success.
- To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc)
He levelled an accusation of fraud.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation
By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor.
- Sensible
He kept a level head under stress.
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground
This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?.
- A periodic progression of integer values that quantify a character's experience and power
My half-orc barbarian reached fifth level before he was squashed by a troll.
- To progress to the next level
I levelled after defeating the dragon.
- To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze
The hurricane leveled the forest.
- To levy
Ultimately, Ms. Kroes could level a fine and order Intel to change its business practices.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with
We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.
- {a} even, smooth, plain, flat, equal, adapted
- {v} to make or lay flay, take aim, direct
- {n} a plain, flat, equality, instrument
- If you draw level with someone or something, you get closer to them until you are by their side. Just before we drew level with the gates, he slipped out of the jeep and disappeared into the crowd Level is also an adjective. He waited until they were level with the door before he turned around sharply and punched Graham
- Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin
- To be level; to be on a level with, or on an equality with, something; hence, to accord; to agree; to suit
- If something is at a particular level, it is at that height. Liz sank down until the water came up to her chin and the bubbles were at eye level
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- A horizontal passage, drift, or adit, in a mine
- an abstract place usually conceived as having depth; "a good actor communicates on several levels"; "a simile has at least two layers of meaning"; "the mind functions on many strata simultaneously"
- If someone or something such as a violent storm levels a building or area of land, they destroy it completely or make it completely flat. The storm was the most powerful to hit Hawaii this century. It leveled sugar plantations and destroyed homes
- Another term for concentration or the amount of a substance in a given volume of air, liquid, or solid
- (Ticaret) The presentation of single or multiple part numbers in a bill of material that describes how an assembly is put together through level codes. The finished or end item is typically coded as level 0, which denotes the highest level in a bill of material, and its immediate components are coded as level 1. If a level 1 component is a subassembly, its immediate components are coded as level 2, and so on. An indented bill of material is normally used in representing levels
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
- {i} degree; rank; height; plane, flat horizontal surface; plain, flat horizontal area of land; device used to determine if a surface is horizontal; floor, storey
- height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"
- The presentation of single or multiple part numbers in a bill of material that describes how an assembly is put together through level codes The finished or end item is typically coded as level 0, which denotes the highest level in a bill of material, and its immediate components are coded as level 1 If a level 1 component is a subassembly, its immediate components are coded as level 2, and so on An indented bill of material is normally used in representing levels
- A periodic progression of integer values that quantify a characters experience and power
- If you level an object at someone or something, you lift it and point it in their direction. He said thousands of Koreans still levelled guns at one another along the demilitarised zone between them
- Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon; horizontal; as, the telescope is now level
- The level of a river, lake, or ocean or the level of liquid in a container is the height of its surface. The water level of the Mississippi River is already 6.5 feet below normal The gauge relies upon a sensor in the tank to relay the fuel level. see also sea level
- of the score in a contest; "the score is tied"
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
- A colorless substance isomeric with chlorophyll, contained in parts of plants capable of becoming green
- To adjust so as to make level
- The total number of job openings, hires, total separations, quits, layoffs and discharges and/or other separations
- Hence, figuratively, a certain position, rank, standard, degree, quality, character, etc
- The same height at all places; parallel to the ground
- The logarithm of the ratio of a given quantity to a reference quantity of the same kind The base of the logarithm, the reference quantity, and the kind of level must be indicated
- indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"
- aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody"
- The hierarchical tier of an executive branch organization in the federal government Levels 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, are respectively referred to in RaDiUS as Agency, Bureau, Program, Project, and Award/Task (RAND, 1996)
- A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine
- When something is level, it is completely flat with no part higher than any other. The floor was level, but the ceiling sloped toward his head. a plateau of fairly level ground
- A level is a point on a scale, for example a scale of amount, quality, or difficulty. If you don't know your cholesterol level, it's a good idea to have it checked We do have the lowest level of inflation for some years The exercises are marked according to their level of difficulty
- A term for the amount of audio that is present
- a training step on the Grade Chart which one does for classification He is then eligible to deliver the auditing grade represented by that level See also Classification, Gradation and Awareness Chart
- Being sensible
- to direct the eye, mind, or effort, directly to an object
- not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss
- a level playing field: see playing field. Device for establishing a horizontal plane. It consists of a small, sealed glass tube containing liquid and an air bubble; the tube is fixed horizontally in a block or frame with a smooth lower surface. When the bubble is in the middle of the glass tube, the device is on a level surface; adjustment to the horizontal is indicated by movement of the bubble. The glass tube is slightly bowed, and the level's sensitivity is proportional to the radius of curvature
- {f} straighten, flatten, make even; equalize, adjust two or more things so they are level with each other; destroy, tear down; knock down; direct, aim (weapon, etc.); be open and honest, be frank; use a level
- To adjust or adapt to a certain level; as, to level remarks to the capacity of children
- Level is an expression of the relative signal strength at a point in a communications circuit compared to a standard
- horizontally; hence, to aim or point a weapon in direct line with the mark; fig
- To bring to a lower level; to overthrow; to topple down; to reduce to a flat surface; to lower
- A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness,with viscid juices and cold sweats
- An instrument the surveyor uses to determine elevations Is used in conjunction with a level rod The level is used to read the measurement on the level rod
- A horizontal line or plane; that is, a straight line or a plane which is tangent to a true level at a given point and hence parallel to the horizon at that point; this is the apparent level at the given point
- To make level; to make horizontal; to bring to the condition of a level line or surface; hence, to make flat or even; as, to level a road, a walk, or a garden
- In caves, the height relation of a point in a cave to the entrance or a datum eg sea level Survey & Mapping term Ref WM
- To aim a gun, spear, etc
- (also "level par, even, even par") anytime one's score is level with, or equivalent to, par during, or at the conclusion of, a round of golf Example: Jill was at level/level par/even par/even/par with two holes still to play
- level best
- The very best that one can do
And baby did his level best to say it for he was very intelligent for eleven months everyone said and big for his age and the picture of health.
- level cap
- The maximum attainable level of the player character, often in role-playing video games. Level caps may be raised in subsequent playthroughs or expansion packs
- level caps
- plural form of level cap
- level crossing
- An at-grade crossing between a railway line and an ordinary road, with rails and road at the same level
- level junction
- An at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks
- level playing field
- a situation which offers no advantage to any particular side or group or person
- level set
- The set of values x for which a real-valued function f(x) is equal to a given constant
- level staff
- A graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level
- level up
- To progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities. Often used in role-playing games when the character has aquired enough experience points
I leveled up after defeating the dragon.
- level-coil
- An old game in which seats are changed by the players
- level-headed
- Sensible; rational; possessing sound judgment
I urge you to weigh calmly, deliberately, as cool, level-headed Canadians, the evidence produced by the prosecution.
- level out
- Make flat or level
- level out
- Move on an even level
- level playing field
- Fair competition, where no advantage is shown to either side
- level a gun at
- direct a gun at, aim a rifle at
- level compensator
- An automatic gain control device used in the receiving equipment of telegraphic circuits
- level crossing
- intersection of a railway and a road on the same level; barriers close road when trains pass
- level crossing
- A level crossing is a place where a railway line crosses a road. A grade crossing. a place where a railway crosses a road, usually protected by gates American Equivalent: railroad crossing
- level crossing
- (British) grade crossing, railroad crossing, place there railroad tracks intersect
- level down
- reduce, decrease
- level inventory plan
- (Ticaret) A plan that varies production levels in order to maintain a specific, even level of inventory over a given period of time, due to storage or other considerations
- level of blood sugar
- level of sugar in the blood
- level of consciousness
- position or standard of conscious awareness
- level of contamination
- level of pollution, degree to which something is polluted
- level of difficulty
- degree of difficulty, grade of difficulty, rate indicating the difficulty of something
- level of effort
- Support-type activity (e g , vendor or customer liaison) that does not readily lend itself to measurement of discrete accomplishment It is generally characterized by a uniform rate of activity over a specific period of time
- level of effort
- (LOE) - Support-type activity (e g , vendor or customer liaison) that does not readily lend itself to measurement of discrete accomplishment It is generally characterized by a uniform rate of activity over a period of time determined by the activities it supports
- level of effort
- Supporttype activity (e g , vendor or customer liaison) that does not readily lend itself to measurement of discrete accomplishment It is generally characterized by a uniform rate of activity over a specific period of time
- level of expectations
- standard of anticipation
- level of fats in the blood
- amount of fat particles in the bloodstream
- level of reliability
- probability that the correct result will occur within a confidence interval, reliability rank (Statistics)
- level of significance
- probability that the correct result will occur outside of a confidence interval (Statistics)
- level of significance
- The probability of a false rejection of the null hypothesis in a statistical test. Also called significance level
- level off
- become level or even; "The ground levelled off"
- level off
- If an aircraft levels off or levels out, it travels horizontally after having been travelling in an upwards or downwards direction. The aircraft levelled out at about 30,000 feet
- level off
- If a changing number or amount levels off or levels out, it stops increasing or decreasing at such a fast speed. The figures show evidence that murders in the nation's capital are beginning to level off Inflation is finally levelling out at around 11% a month
- level out
- see level off
- level out
- {f} straighten, flatten, make even
- level payment loan
- loan which is paid off in a set number of equal payments including interest (first the interest is set and then the principal is set)
- level payment mortgage
- mortgage with payments of equal amounts
- level pegging
- If two opponents in a competition or contest are level pegging, they are equal with each other. An opinion poll published in May showed Mrs Yardley was level-pegging with Mr Simpson
- level playing field
- A balanced approach to federal funding proportions for highway projects and transit projects; may also refer to employee transportation benefits so that the monthly, tax-free value of a transit pass is equal to that of a parking space; generally, any situation in which transit and highways receive equal treatment in federal funding and other federal procedures
- level playing field
- a situation where neither side has an unfair advantage
- level playing field
- A competitive arena in which no player has an unfair advantage
- level playing field
- An electoral contest in which competing candidates have equal resources with which to conduct their campaigns
- level production plan
- (Ticaret) A production plan that varies the level of inventory in order to maintain an even production level for a given period. Level production plans may be a result of facility restraints, or to accommodate seasonal demand
- level spoonful
- amount that fills but does not rise above the rim of a spoon
- level surface
- defined as a surface having a constant RL On the Earth's surface it is in fact a curved surface
- level surface
- Surface which at every point is perpendicular to the plumbline or the direction in which gravity acts
- level up
- raise, lift, elevate
- level with
- say honestly, speak frankly
- level with smb
- {f} speak frankly with somebody, be honest with somebody
- level-headed
- If you describe a person as level-headed, you mean that they are calm and sensible even in difficult situations. Simon is level-headed and practical His level-headed approach suggests he will do what is necessary. = sensible. calm and sensible in making judgments or decisions
- level-headed
- sober, thinking clearly, composed
- level-pegging
- be level-pegging if competitors in a race, election etc are level-pegging, they are equal and it is difficult to know who will win
- A level
- A non-compulsory examination taken in the final two years in British high schools
Applicants must have at least one A level.
- A-level
- Alternative spelling of A level
- AS Level
- An examination taken in college, equivalent to half of an A level
- AS-level
- Advanced Subsidiary level, in the UK: the exam taken in the first year of the sixth form, as a first stage in getting to the A-levels (A2) at the end of the sixth form. The modular format makes the distinction less clear
- O-level
- A subject-based qualification superseded in England by GCSEs, but still available as an international examination
- beat level
- The beat of a piece
- block level element
- an HTML element that normally begins on a new line, and may or may not contain other block level elements or inline elements
- bubble level
- A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid and an air bubble, used to determine if a surface is level horizontally, vertically, or at a 45-degree angle
- core-level
- The energy level of the electrons (core electrons) occupying the completely filled shells under the valence shell
- critical tide level
- A zone in which the duration of annual continuous exposure or submergence of intertidal areas changes sharply
- dead level
- Absolutely horizontal or zero slope
- difficulty level
- The relative difficulty of completing a task or objective
- difficulty level
- One of the difficulty settings in a video game
- division level
- A metric level faster than the beat level of a piece of music
- draw level
- to cause something to equalize
- draw level
- to equalize
- energy level
- any of the discrete stable energies that a quantum mechanical system (such as the electrons of an atom) can have
- entry-level
- simple enough to be appropriate to an inexperienced person, or to someone who does not need advanced features
- flight level
- Any of several internationally agreed standard altitudes that are based on atmospheric pressure rather than on true height
- freezing level
- The altitude at which the temperature of the atmosphere is 0°C at a specific location
- generic top-level domain
- Any of the top-level domains assigned by the IANA based on type of organization
com, .gov and .edu are all generic top-level domains.
- geostrophic wind level
- The lowest level at which the wind becomes geostrophic. In practice, the geostrophic wind level is between 1.2 kilometers (3,928 feet) and 1.6 kilometers (5,238 feet). This wind level probably marks the upper limit of frictional influence of the earth's surface. The geostrophic wind level may be considered to be the top of the planetary boundary layer, that is, the base of the free atmosphere. Also known as gradient wind level
- groundwater level
- the level, below which the subsoil and rock masses of the earth are fully saturated with water
- high level language
- Common misspelling of high-level language
- high level languages
- Common misspelling of high-level languages
- high-level
- Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization
- high-level
- At a high level, altitude or elevation
- high-level
- Computer instructions in a high-level language, consisting of relatively English-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions
- high-level language
- A programming language, requiring a compiler to translate into a form a particular machine understands, focusing on user-friendly code development by automating core tasks such as accessing memory
- high-level languages
- plural form of high-level language
- levelly
- In a level or even manner
He spoke levelly, with no vocal variety to show his passion.
- low-level
- relatively unimportant
The low-level bureacrat couldn't help us and his boss could have but wouldn't.
- low-level
- of, or relating to a program, or to code in which each statement corresponds to a single machine instruction
The assembler generates low-level code.
- low-level
- details
- low-level
- not intense
The low-level radiation released won't kill you immediately, but avoid long term exposure.
- low-level language
- A computer language who's source code is a somewhat user-friendly version of a particular computer architecture's assembly language, containing no provisions for portability between architectures
- low-level languages
- plural form of low-level language
- macro level orientation
- that part of sociology that characterizes society as a whole
- metric level
- The pulses in a metric structure
- micro-level orientation
- that part of sociology that studies specific situations
- multi-level marketing
- A sales system under which the salesperson receives a commission on his or her own sales and a smaller commission on the sales from each person he or she convinces to become a salesperson
- multiple level
- A metric level with pulses slower than the beat level
- on the level
- Honest, sincere, straightforward
He looks like a used car salesman, but he's really on the level, so you can trust him.
- price level
- An index of the average market price of selected goods weighted according to certain criteria
- sea level
- The nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured
- second-level domain
- a domain that is immediately below a top-level domain
Wiktionary.org is a second-level domain.
- second-level domain
- a domain name that contains a single period
- second-level domains
- plural form of second-level domain
- service level agreement
- A contract between the provider of a service and a user of that service, specifying the level of service that will be provided
- service level agreements
- plural form of service level agreement
- significance level
- A measure of how likely it is to draw a false conclusion in a statistical test, when the results are really just random variations
or the probalility of making a type 1 error). The probability is usually expressed as a percentage.
- snow level
- The depth of snow accumulated on the ground
- snow level
- The altitude, in a mountainous region, above which the ground is covered with snow
With the cold front, the snow line went down to 4000' last night.
- spirit level
- A tool employing a chamber with a colored liquid (usually alcohol, hence spirit) and an air bubble, used to determine a horizontal or vertical reference line
- split level
- Alternative spelling of split-level
- split level
- A single level of a split-level house
Confined to a wheelchair, she was effectively reduced to living in one split level, one-third of their split-level house.
- split-level
- A building built with rooms on levels separated by stairs of less than a full storey
- split-level
- Describing such a building
- tertiary-level education
- higher education
- top-level
- Primary; a web page that directly accessible by typing its name, not followed by any additional information
- top-level
- Best
- top-level
- Highest
- top-level domain
- The last component of a domain name, such as .com, .edu, .gov, .net, .org, .mil or any of the newer generic top-level domains, or any of the ccTLDs. Abbreviated TLD
- top-level domains
- plural form of top-level domain
- trophic level
- A particular position occupied by a group of organisms in a food chain
- water level
- The level of the water table below ground
- water level
- The waterline of a ship
- water level
- The level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line
- mensa level
- See: Mensa
- mensa level
- The largest and oldest high IQ society in the world
- levelness
- {n} evenness, an equality of surface
- A level
- A levels are British educational qualifications which schoolchildren take when they are seventeen or eighteen years old. People usually need A levels if they want to go to university in Britain. He left school with four A levels. Advanced level an examination that students in England and Wales take, usually when they are 18 A/S level, GCSE GCSE, GNVQ GNVQ, O level O level do/take (your) A levels
- A level
- Advanced level
- a level
- the advanced level of a subject taken in school (usually two years after O level)
- leveled
- past of level
- leveling
- the act of making equal or uniform
- leveling
- When you get enough XP, you will reach a new level This gives you certain advantages, like more IP to spend on skills
- leveling
- Having a dropsical habit of body, with a white bloated skin
- leveling
- complete destruction of a building
- leveling
- Flattening rolled metal sheet or strip
- leveling
- A mineral of a greenish yellow color; it is a silicate of glucina, lime, and soda with fluorine
- leveling
- US, present participle of level
- leveling
- as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad
- leveling
- = Electrodeposited materials tend to be concentrated at sharp corners, peaks, and ridges, due to the fact that current distributed on a surface will tend to concentrate at these irregularities more than in concave surfaces such as recesses Therefore, when a workpiece with a rough surface is electroplated, the rate ofdeposition will be faster on convex irregularities resulting in an accentuation of the item's original roughness To counteract this effect, additives are added to the electrolyte solution to produce a polarization effect concentrated at the peaks and ridges This polarization effect lowers the current density at the peaks and reduces deposition rates The net result is to smooth or "level" the surface of the workpiece
- leveling
- A process to flatten shape deficiencies (wavy edges and buckles) in the metal sheet prior to final shipment Most metal sheet initially has a crowned cross-section that is flattened by leveling
- leveling
- {i} total demolish or destruction of a building; changing the ground level to a flat or softly sloping surface; equalization, act of making uniform or equal
- leveling
- Called also leucophanite
- leveling
- The act or operation of making level
- leveling
- Elongation of paint film occurring from the time the paint particles form a wet film on the surface to the time the film hardens and dries Paint is said to have good leveling properties when orange peel or texture disappears as a result of elongation Also known as Flow
- leveling
- changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
- leveling
- Ability of a film to flow out free from ripples, pockmarks and brush marks after application
- leveling
- One of certain very
- leveling
- The state of an albino, or of a white child of black parents
- leveling
- The ability of a freshly spread aqueous polish to dry to a uniform and streak-free appearance
- leveling
- Communication phenomenon in which messages are distorted by reduction of details, intensity, or complexity when they are repeated in a series