LEVEL

LE ·VEL 2 syllables

A1 · Beginner 📏 5 letters 🎲 Scrabble 8 ✅ valid word

Everyday English. Most learners know this.

noun
  1. a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality
  2. a relative position or degree of value in a graded group
  3. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
  4. height above ground

💬 Examples

  • "a moderate grade of intelligence"
  • "a high level of care is required"
  • "lumber of the highest grade"
  • "a remarkable degree of frankness"
verb
  1. aim at
  2. tear down so as to make flat with the ground
  3. make level or straight
  4. direct into a position for use

💬 Examples

  • "level criticism or charges at somebody"
  • "The building was levelled"
  • "level the ground"
  • "point a gun"
adjective
  1. having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another
  2. not showing abrupt variations
  3. being on a precise horizontal plane
  4. oriented at right angles to the plumb

💬 Examples

  • "a flat desk"
  • "acres of level farmland"
  • "spoke in a level voice"
  • "she gave him a level look- Louis Auchincloss"
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