Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: level
IPA transcription: [l'ɛvəl]
Pronunciations of level
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: flat, level, plane
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: level, unwavering
    Meaning: not showing abrupt variations; "spoke in a level voice"; "she gave him a level look"- Louis Auchincloss
  • Synonyms: level
    Meaning: being on a precise horizontal plane; "a billiard table must be level"
  • Synonyms: level
    Meaning: oriented at right angles to the plumb; "the picture is level"
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: degree, grade, level
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: grade, level, tier
    Meaning: a relative position or degree of value in a graded group; "lumber of the highest grade"
  • Synonyms: degree, level, stage, point
    Meaning: 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?"
  • Synonyms: level
    Meaning: height above ground; "the water reached ankle level"; "the pictures were at the same level"
  • Synonyms: level, spirit_level
    Meaning: indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid
  • Synonyms: horizontal_surface, level
    Meaning: a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line; "park the car on the level"
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: level
    Meaning: aim at; "level criticism or charges at somebody"
  • Synonyms: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear_down, take_down, pull_down
    Meaning: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"
  • Synonyms: flush, level, even_out, even
    Meaning: make level or straight; "level the ground"
Usage examples
  • "How am I to know you're on the level?"
  • Appreciably above the level of mediocrity
  • He had no notion where or at what level he was.
  • Add a level teaspoonful of salt and one of sugar.
  • That spring is but a few hundred feet above sea level.
  • "By my observation we are at 10,000 feet below the level of the sea."
  • But a world where two and two make five seems quite on a different level.
  • On our right, over a shoulder of bare rock, I saw the level blue of the sea.
  • Still the navigator was not going to give up. He flew along at a lower level.
  • When the last of them had died away, the king brought the cup to the level of his lips.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording American football, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Quantity theory of money, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Swastika, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Wage reform in the Soviet Union, 1956–62, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording JavaScript, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Perfect Dark, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording The Dog (Goya), License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Julius Caesar, License CC BY-SA 4.0