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Words with a similar base: level, level_off, spirit_level

'level'

[degree.n.01] as in: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

Examples:
a moderate grade of intelligence
a high level of care is required
it is all a matter of degree

'level'

[grade.n.02] as in: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

Examples:
lumber of the highest grade

'level'

[degree.n.02] as in: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

Examples:
a remarkable degree of frankness
at what stage are the social sciences?

'level'

[level.n.04] as in: height above ground

Examples:
the water reached ankle level
the pictures were at the same level

'level'

[level.n.05] as in: indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

'level'

[horizontal_surface.n.01] as in: a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

Examples:
park the car on the level

'level'

[level.n.07] as in: an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

Examples:
a good actor communicates on several levels
a simile has at least two layers of meaning
the mind functions on many strata simultaneously

'level'

[floor.n.02] as in: a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

Examples:
what level is the office on?

'level'

[level.v.01] as in: aim at

Examples:
level criticism or charges at somebody

'level'

[level.v.02] as in: tear down so as to make flat with the ground

Examples:
The building was levelled

'level'

[flush.v.04] as in: make level or straight

Examples:
level the ground

'level'

[charge.v.17] as in: direct into a position for use

Examples:
point a gun
He charged his weapon at me

'level'

[level.v.05] as in: talk frankly with; lay it on the line

Examples:
I have to level with you

'level'

[level.v.06] as in: become level or even

Examples:
The ground levelled off

'level'

[flat.s.01] as in: having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

Examples:
a flat desk
acres of level farmland
a plane surface
skirts sewn with fine flat seams

'level'

[level.s.02] as in: not showing abrupt variations; ; - Louis Auchincloss

Examples:
spoke in a level voice
she gave him a level look

'level'

[level.s.03] as in: being on a precise horizontal plane

Examples:
a billiard table must be level

'level'

[level.s.04] as in: oriented at right angles to the plumb

Examples:
the picture is level

'level'

[tied.s.03] as in: of the score in a contest

Examples:
the score is tied

Origins

					level (English)
└── level (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── livel (Old French (842-ca. 1400))