English Online Dictionary. What means level? What does level mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English level, from Old French livel, liveau m, later nivel, niveau, from Latin libella f (“a balance, a level”), diminutive of libra f (“a balance, a level”); see libra, librate. Doublet of libella and niveau.
The verb is from Middle English levelen, from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈlɛv.əl/
- Rhymes: -ɛvəl
- Hyphenation: lev‧el
Adjective
level (comparative leveler or leveller, superlative levelest or levellest)
- The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
- At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
- Unvaried in frequency.
- Unvaried in volume.
- Calm.
- In the same position or rank.
- Straightforward; direct; clear.
- Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
- (phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.
- (physics) Perpendicular to a gravitational force.
Antonyms
- tilted
- unbalanced
- uneven
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Noun
level (countable and uncountable, plural levels)
- A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
- A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
- Degree or amount.
- Achievement or qualification.
- (computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
- (video games) One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
- Synonyms: stage, zone, world
- (roleplaying games, video games) A numeric value that quantifies a character, ability, or item's experience and power.
- A floor of a multi-storey building.
- (British) An area of almost perfectly flat land.
- (Singapore, education) A school grade or year.
- (statistics) One of the specific values which may be taken by a categorical variable.
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → German: Level
- → Irish: leibhéal
- → Japanese: レベル (reberu)
- → Korean: 레벨 (rebel)
- → Welsh: lefel
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See also
- Wikipedia article on newsgroup posting style
Verb
level (third-person singular simple present levels, present participle (US) leveling or levelling, simple past and past participle (US) leveled or levelled)
- (transitive) To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
- (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
- (intransitive, roleplaying games, video games) To progress to the next level.
- Synonym: level up
- (transitive) To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
- (transitive) To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone) [with on or against or at].
- Synonym: levy
- 1809, William Ross (Jr.), Abridgement of the laws of Scotland relating to hunting [etc], page 60:
- If the right of killing salmon belong exclusively to the King, and consequently to his donatories, why has not the Legislature secured the right by levelling penalties against such as should encroach upon it [...] ?
- 1978, Parliamentary Debates of the New Zealand House of Representatives, page 4955:
- How can the Minister reconcile the first statement with the clause, when he is in fact levelling punishment at the woman and not at the errant father [...] ?
- 2007, Mary Jacoby, EU investigators endorse charges against Intel, Wall Street Journal Europe, 17 January, page 32, column 5:
- Ultimately, Ms. Kroes [European Union Antitrust Commissioner] could level a fine and order Intel to change its business practices.
- (intransitive, sports) To make the score of a game equal.
- Synonym: equalize
- (transitive, figurative) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
- (transitive) To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
- (intransitive) To speak honestly and openly [with with ‘someone’] (see: level with).
Derived terms
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See also
References
- level on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Further reading
- “level”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “level”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Indonesian
Etymology
From English level, from Middle English level, from Old French livel, liveau m, later nivel, niveau, from Latin libella f (“a balance, a level”), diminutive of libra f (“a balance, a level”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlɛvəl]
- Hyphenation: lè‧vêl
Noun
level (plural level-level)
- (colloquial) level
- Synonyms: tingkatan, tataran, lapisan
Further reading
- “level” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.