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| Sounds | leh'vahl |
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| Rhymes | abdominal, Abel, able, and 2059 more rhymes in ahl at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Having a horizontal surface in which no part is higher or lower than another. |
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| Examples | "acres of level farmland" |
| Synonyms | flat, plane |
| Similar to | even |
| Meaning | Not showing abrupt variations. |
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| Examples | "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss |
| Synonyms | unwavering |
| Similar to | steady |
| Meaning | On a precise horizontal plane. |
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| Examples | "a billiard table must be level" |
| Similar to | horizontal |
| Meaning | Oriented at right angles to the plumb. |
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| Examples | "the picture is level" |
| Similar to | even |
| Meaning | Of the score in a contest. |
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| Synonyms | tied, even |
| Similar to | equal |
| Meaning | A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality. |
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| Examples | "a high level of care is required" |
| Synonyms | degree, grade |
| Attributes | high; low; mild; intense |
| Narrower | quality, caliber, calibre; intensity, intensiveness; depth; high; low; extreme; amplitude level; moderation, moderateness; immoderation, immoderateness |
| Broader | magnitude |
| Meaning | A relative position or degree of value in a graded group. |
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| Synonyms | grade, tier |
| Narrower | biosafety level; A level; O level; college level |
| Broader | rank |
| Meaning | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process. |
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| Synonyms | degree, stage, point |
| Narrower | ladder; acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top; extent; resultant, end point; standard of living, standard of life; plane; state of the art; ultimacy, ultimateness; quickening; climax |
| Broader | state |
| Meaning | Height above ground. |
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| Examples | "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level" |
| Broader | altitude, height |
| Meaning | Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid. |
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| Synonyms | spirit level |
| Part of | carpenter's level; surveyor's level |
| Narrower | mason's level |
| Broader | indicator |
| Verbs | level; level; level |
| Meaning | A flat surface at right angles to a plumb line. |
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| Examples | "park the car on the level" |
| Synonyms | horizontal surface |
| Narrower | floor, flooring; paved surface; platform |
| Broader | surface |
| Verbs | level |
| Meaning | Structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building. |
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| Examples | "what level is the office on?" |
| Synonyms | floor, storey, story |
| Part of | building, edifice |
| Narrower | basement, cellar; ground floor, first floor, ground level; loft, attic, garret; loft; mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
| Broader | structure, construction |
| Meaning | An abstract place usually conceived as having depth. |
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| Examples | "a good actor communicates on several levels" |
| Synonyms | layer, stratum |
| Broader | place |
| Meaning | Aim at. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "level criticism or charges at somebody" |
| Broader | aim, take, train, take aim, direct |
| Meaning | Tear down so as to make flat with the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The building was levelled" |
| Synonyms | raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down |
| Narrower | bulldoze |
| Broader | destroy, destruct |
| Contrary | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up |
| Nouns | level; level |
| Meaning | Make level or straight. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "level the ground" |
| Synonyms | flush, even out, even |
| Narrower | grade; strickle, strike |
| Broader | change surface |
| Nouns | level; leveler, leveller |
| Meaning | Direct into a position for use. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | charge, point |
| Broader | aim, take, train, take aim, direct |
| Similar to | point |
| Meaning | Talk frankly with. Lay it on the line. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "I have to level with you" |
| Broader | talk, speak |
| Meaning | Become level or even. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Examples | "The ground levelled off" |
| Synonyms | level off |
| Broader | change surface |
| Nouns | level |