ENGLISH: level - CREOLE: nivle



Overview of noun level



The noun level has 8 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)



1. (467) degree, grade, level -- (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. (169) grade, level, tier -- (a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade")

3. (130) degree, level, stage, point -- (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. (81) level -- (height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level")

5. (18) level, spirit level -- (indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid)

6. (8) horizontal surface, level -- (a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line; "park the car on the level")

7. (2) floor, level, storey, story -- (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?")

8. level, layer, stratum -- (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")



Overview of verb level



The verb level has 6 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)



1. (4) level -- (aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody")

2. (1) level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down -- (tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled")

3. (1) flush, level, even out, even -- (make level or straight; "level the ground")

4. charge, level, point -- (direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me")

5. level -- (talk frankly with; lay it on the line; "I have to level with you")

6. level, level off -- (become level or even; "The ground levelled off")



Overview of adj level



The adj level has 5 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)



1. (3) flat, level, plane -- (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. (1) level, unwavering -- (not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss)

3. (1) level -- (being on a precise horizontal plane; "a billiard table must be level")

4. (1) level -- (oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level")

5. tied, even, level -- (of the score in a contest; "the score is tied")

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