level
/ˈlɛvəl/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
adj
Calm.
adj
Example Sentences
- "This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?"
- "the smooth and level pavement"
- "We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper."
- "Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house."
- "His pulse has been level for 12 hours."
- "His voice has been unchanged. It has been level for 12 hours."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyH-der. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰromder. Proto-Italic *līðrā? Latin lībra Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -la Latin libella Old French livelbor. Middle English level 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”); see libra, librate. Doublet of libella and niveau. The verb is from Middle English levelen, from the noun.
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Phrases
bi-level
block-level
county-level municipality
deep-level
draw level
garden level
high-level
intermediate-level