Meaning & Definition of Level in English

1. A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

• "A moderate grade of intelligence"

• "A high level of care is required"

• "It is all a matter of degree"

2. A relative position or degree of value in a graded group

• "Lumber of the highest grade"

3. A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

• "A remarkable degree of frankness"

• "At what stage are the social sciences?"

4. Height above ground

• "The water reached ankle level"

• "The pictures were at the same level"

5. Indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

6. A flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

• "Park the car on the level"

7. An abstract place usually conceived as having depth

• "A good actor communicates on several levels"

• "A simile has at least two layers of meaning"

• "The mind functions on many strata simultaneously"

8. A structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• "What level is the office on?"

1. Aim at

• "Level criticism or charges at somebody"

2. Tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• "The building was levelled"

3. Make level or straight

• "Level the ground"

4. Direct into a position for use

• "Point a gun"

• "He charged his weapon at me"

5. Talk frankly with

• Lay it on the line

• "I have to level with you"

6. Become level or even

• "The ground levelled off"

1. Having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• "A flat desk"

• "Acres of level farmland"

• "A plane surface"

• "Skirts sewn with fine flat seams"

2. Not showing abrupt variations

• "Spoke in a level voice"

• "She gave him a level look"- louis auchincloss

3. Being on a precise horizontal plane

• "A billiard table must be level"

4. Oriented at right angles to the plumb

• "The picture is level"

5. Of the score in a contest

• "The score is tied"