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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 |