The meaning of Level

adverb

Side by side and facing the same way.

Usage examples:

The path was wide enough for two people to walk abreast

verb

Point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.

Usage examples:

Aim the camcorder at some suitable object

noun

A purpose or intention; a desired outcome.

Usage examples:

Our primary aim is to achieve financial discipline

abbreviation

Alternative investment market (a subsidiary market of the london stock exchange that allows small companies to be traded without the expense of a full market listing).

verb

Place or arrange (things) in a straight line.

Usage examples:

The desks are aligned in straight rows facing forwards

adjective

The same as or similar to something else

Usage examples:

Our business model will become more aligned with the needs of our customers., he resigned, saying t…

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

The degree to which something is a lot or a little; how much something is

Usage examples:

She’s made a tremendous amount of progress since the accident., he liked to carry a large amount of…

adjective

Keeping or showing a balance; in good proportions.

Usage examples:

She assembled a balanced team

verb

Put (something) in a steady position so that it does not fall.

Usage examples:

A mug that she balanced on her knee

adjective

Giving all sides equal attention and consideration

Usage examples:

The news program prided itself on its balanced reporting.

noun

A long, sturdy piece of squared timber or metal used to support the roof or floor of a building.

Usage examples:

There are very fine oak beams in the oldest part of the house

verb

Transmit (a radio signal or broadcast) in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

The satellite beamed back radio signals to scientists on earth

noun

A line of light coming from the sun or a bright light, esp. as seen against a darker background

Usage examples:

A beam of sunlight, a laser beam scans the disc’s surface., [ i ] the sun beamed down on the ball f…

adjective

Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.

Usage examples:

She had to keep calm at all costs

noun

The absence of strong emotions; calm feelings.

Usage examples:

His usual calm deserted him

verb

Make (someone) tranquil and quiet; soothe.

Usage examples:

I took him inside and tried to calm him down

adjective

Having one's feelings and expression under control; calm.

Usage examples:

A very talented and composed young player

verb

Write or create (a work of art, especially music or poetry).

Usage examples:

He composed the first violin sonata four years earlier

adjective

Calm and in control of your emotions

Usage examples:

She looked remarkably composed throughout the funeral.

adjective

Acting or done in the same way over time, especially so as to be fair or accurate.

Usage examples:

The parents are being consistent and firm in their reactions

adjective

Occurring continuously over a period of time.

Usage examples:

The constant background noise of the city

noun

A situation that does not change.

Usage examples:

The condition of struggle remained a constant

adjective

Nearly continuous or very frequent

Usage examples:

We had a constant stream of visitors., even in this age of high technology, the popularity of hunti…

noun

The amount, level, or extent to which something happens or is present.

Usage examples:

A degree of caution is probably wise

noun

An amount or level of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] this job demands a high degree of skill., [ c ] the house had also been damaged, but to a les…

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

adjective

Not easily disturbed or angered; calm and even-tempered.

Usage examples:

He could look sterner than his equable temperament would suggest

adjective

Always being pleasant

Usage examples:

Equable temperament graham has a fairly equable temperament - i haven't often seen him really angry.

adjective

Not changing suddenly

Usage examples:

Equable climate the south of the country enjoys an equable climate.

adjective

Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.

Usage examples:

Add equal amounts of water and flour

noun

A person or thing that is the same as another in status or quality.

Usage examples:

We all treat each other as equals

verb

Be the same as in number or amount.

Usage examples:

Four plus six divided by two equals five

verb

Make the same in quantity, size, or degree throughout a place or group.

Usage examples:

The purpose is to equalize the workload among tutors

verb

To make laws or treatment the same for all people or companies in a group or place

Usage examples:

The latest proposals would implement appropriate measures to equalize the conditions of global trad…

adjective

Flat and smooth.

Usage examples:

Prepare the site, then lay an even bed of mortar

verb

Make or become even.

Usage examples:

She cut the hair again to even up the ends

adverb

Used to emphasize something surprising or extreme.

Usage examples:

They have never even heard of the united states

noun

The area covered by something.

Usage examples:

An enclosure ten acres in extent

noun

The area, length, or size of something

Usage examples:

Approaching the airport, you could see the full extent of the island., to some extent it was my fau…

noun

The front part of a person's head from the forehead to the chin, or the corresponding part in an animal.

Usage examples:

She was scarlet in the face and perspiring profusely

verb

Short for typeface.

noun

The front of the head including the eyes, nose, and mouth

Usage examples:

Cal hid his face in his hands., we climbed the north face of mount washington., they are faced with…

adjective

Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Usage examples:

He sat down on a flat rock

adverb

In or to a horizontal position.

Usage examples:

He was lying flat on his back

noun

The flat part of something.

Usage examples:

She placed the flat of her hand over her glass

verb

Make or become flat or flatter.

Usage examples:

Her hair had been flattened by the storm

verb

Make flat or flatter

verb

(of a person's skin, face, etc.) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion.

Usage examples:

Rachel flushed angrily

noun

A reddening of the face, skin, etc., typically caused by illness or strong emotion.

Usage examples:

A flush of embarrassment rose to her cheeks

adjective

Completely level or even with another surface.

Usage examples:

The gates are flush with the adjoining fencing

noun

The centre of interest or activity.

Usage examples:

This generation has made the environment a focus of attention

verb

Adapt to the prevailing level of light and become able to see clearly.

Usage examples:

Try to focus on a stationary object

noun

The main object or interest, or the attention given something

Usage examples:

The focus of attention has shifted from the economy to improving the public schools., state officia…

noun

The quality of being intense.

Usage examples:

The pain grew in intensity

noun

The quality of being extreme in strength or force

Usage examples:

Simone sings with emotional intensity., the light hit us with such intensity that we ducked.

adjective

Never changing.

Usage examples:

His routine was invariable

adjective

Never changing; staying the same

Usage examples:

An invariable response, an invariable rule

phrasal verb

To stop increasing or being reduced

Usage examples:

The price of gas has finally leveled off after rising for several months., the plane descended to 1…

phrasal verb

If a rate or amount levels off, it stops rising or falling and stays at the same level

Usage examples:

Share prices are beginning to level off after the sharp rises of recent months., level off/out at s…

phrasal verb

If an aircraft levels off/out, it starts to travel horizontally rather than going up or down

Usage examples:

The jet levelled off at 10, 000 feet.

noun

The great size or extent of something.

Usage examples:

They may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them

verb

Ascertain the size, amount, or degree of (something) by using an instrument or device marked in standard units.

Usage examples:

The amount of water collected is measured in pints

noun

A plan or course of action taken to achieve a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cost-cutting measures

verb

Determine the dimensions of something or somebody

noun

The quality of a sound governed by the rate of vibrations producing it; the degree of highness or lowness of a tone.

Usage examples:

Her voice rose steadily in pitch

verb

Set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch.

Usage examples:

You've pitched the melody very high

verb

Cover, coat, or smear with pitch.

Usage examples:

He pitched the ship inside and outside

noun

A flat surface on which a straight line joining any two points on it would wholly lie.

Usage examples:

The horizontal plane

adjective

Completely level or flat.

Usage examples:

A plane surface

verb

(of a bird or an airborne object) soar without moving the wings; glide.

Usage examples:

Seagulls swooped and planed overhead

verb

Measure (the depth of a body of water).

Usage examples:

I plumbed the depth and found the bottom of the shelf to be seven metres down

noun

A ball of lead or other heavy object attached to the end of a line for finding the depth of water or determining the vertical on an upright surface.

Usage examples:

He traces a line in white paint along the wall beyond the leaves, then drops a plumb from a cord st…

adverb

Exactly.

Usage examples:

Trading opportunities plumb in the centre of central europe

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

verb

Make the surface of (something) smooth and shiny by rubbing it.

Usage examples:

Behind the bar the steward polished glasses busily

noun

A substance used to give something a smooth and shiny surface when rubbed in.

Usage examples:

A tin of shoe polish

adjective

Relating to poland, its inhabitants, or their language.

Usage examples:

The most difficult discussions centred on the polish government and poland's frontiers.

noun

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

Usage examples:

The proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising

verb

Adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.

Usage examples:

A life after death in which happiness can be proportioned to virtue

noun

A part or share of the whole, or the relationship between one thing and another in size, amount, or degree

Usage examples:

[ c ] the proportion of the population that is over 65 has been growing., [ pl ] the occurrence of …

noun

The amount or number of a material or abstract thing not usually estimated by spatial measurement.

Usage examples:

The quantity and quality of the fruit can be controlled

adjective

Arranged in or constituting a constant or definite pattern, especially with the same space between individual instances.

Usage examples:

Plant the flags at regular intervals

noun

A regular customer, member of a team, etc.

Usage examples:

Pub regulars

adjective

Happening repeatedly in a fixed pattern, with equal or similar amounts of space or time between one and the next

Usage examples:

A regular heartbeat, working regular hours, trees were planted at regular intervals along the avenu…

verb

Make (something) regular.

Usage examples:

An electrical implant to regularize the heartbeat

verb

To change a system or a situation so that it is controlled by a set of official rules

Usage examples:

This agreement will help regularize trade between our two countries., we need to regularize the sit…

adjective

Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.

Usage examples:

Her eyes were closed and she looked very serene

noun

An expanse of clear sky or calm sea.

Usage examples:

Not a cloud obscured the deep serene

adjective

Peaceful and calm, or (of a person) not worried or excited

Usage examples:

He approached the job with the serene confidence that he could succeed where others had failed., he…

noun

The faculty or power of seeing.

Usage examples:

Joseph lost his sight as a baby

verb

Manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of.

Usage examples:

Tell me when you sight london bridge

noun

The ability to see, or the act of seeing something

Usage examples:

Machines don’t have a sense of sight., the sight of sick children disturbs her., i know david by si…

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

adjective

Having an even and regular surface; free from perceptible projections, lumps, or indentations.

Usage examples:

Smooth flat rocks

verb

Give (something) a flat, regular surface or appearance.

Usage examples:

She smoothed out the newspaper

adverb

In a way that is without difficulties.

Usage examples:

The course of true love never did run smooth

adjective

(of an object or structure) not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed.

Usage examples:

Specially designed dinghies that are very stable

noun

A building set apart and adapted for keeping horses.

Usage examples:

The horse was led from its stable

verb

Put or keep (a horse) in a stable.

Usage examples:

They must be stabled and fed

adjective

Firmly fixed, supported, or balanced; not shaking or moving.

Usage examples:

The lighter the camera, the harder it is to hold steady

verb

Make or become steady.

Usage examples:

I took a deep breath to steady my nerves

exclamation

Used as a warning to someone to keep calm or take care.

Usage examples:

Steady now! we don't want you hurting yourself

noun

The quality or state of being physically strong.

Usage examples:

Cycling can help you build up your strength

noun

The ability to do things that demand physical effort, or the degree to which something is strong or powerful

Usage examples:

After having surgery, it takes a while to get your strength back., making baskets requires skill mo…

noun

The amount of power or influence that someone or something has

Usage examples:

Advertising revenues in the uk have remained flat, although this has been offset by strength in the…

verb

Teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through practice and instruction over a period of time.

Usage examples:

The scheme trains people for promotion

noun

A series of connected railway carriages or wagons moved by a locomotive or by integral motors.

Usage examples:

A freight train

verb

Educate for a future role or function

adjective

Free from disturbance; calm.

Usage examples:

Her tranquil gaze

adjective

Calm, quiet, and peaceful

Usage examples:

I lay on the dock under a tranquil blue sky., the tranquility of the forest helps me relax., vets h…

adjective

Calm and peaceful and without noise, violence, worry, etc.

Usage examples:

She stared at the tranquil surface of the water., the hotel is in a tranquil rural setting., a spas…

adjective

In accordance with fact or reality.

Usage examples:

A true story

adverb

Truly.

Usage examples:

Hobson spoke truer than he knew

verb

Bring (an object, wheel, or other construction) into the exact shape or position required.

Usage examples:

The bench sander is ideal for truing up faces of timber

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

adjective

Not able to be changed.

Usage examples:

The constitution was unalterable without the king's consent

adjective

Not able to be changed

Usage examples:

He considered evil to be an unalterable fact of the world., data stored in this system is unalterab…

adjective

Not changing; remaining the same.

Usage examples:

People who come to confession with an unaltering list of sins

adjective

Not changing; remaining the same.

Usage examples:

The party stood for unchanging principles

adjective

Not changing; not becoming different

Usage examples:

Some greeks felt that the universe was static and unchanging; others believed that change was const…

adjective

Not having or showing strong feelings.

Usage examples:

A flat, unemotional voice

adjective

Not having or expressing strong feelings, often when this is surprising or a bad thing

Usage examples:

Investigators said the couple seemed oddly unemotional about the disappearance., they described him…

adjective

Remaining the same in all cases and at all times; unchanging in form or character.

Usage examples:

Blocks of stone of uniform size

noun

The distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organization or body or by children attending certain schools.

Usage examples:

Airline pilots in dark blue uniforms

verb

Make uniform.

adjective

Not disordered or disarranged.

Usage examples:

The unruffled waters of the lake

adjective

Calm; not nervous or worried, usually despite a difficult situation

Usage examples:

For a man in danger of losing his job, he appeared fairly unruffled.

adjective

Not changing; constant or uniform.

Usage examples:

The unvarying routine of parsonage life

adjective

Never changing in amount or level

Usage examples:

I would like to thank you for your unvarying kindness to me., the engine runs at a constant, unvary…

adjective

Never changing in amount or level

Usage examples:

I would like to thank you for your unvarying kindness to me., the engine runs at a constant, unvary…

noun

A book forming part of a work or series.

Usage examples:

A biography of george bernard shaw in three volumes

phrasal verb

To direct all your attention to one thing

Usage examples:

We’ve zeroed in on the real problem – we don’t save enough money., computers help the pilots to zer…

phrasal verb

To direct all your attention towards a particular person or thing

Usage examples:

We must decide on our target market and zero in on it., social media allows you to zero in on consu…