Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

level playing field

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.86 in modern English

Syllables: lev-el -play-ing -field
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.

Example Sentences

"Although the political commitment to maintaining a level playing field is generally strong, government commercial activities may damage the competition landscape either due to deliberate or unintentional departures from neutral practices."
"Although the government has significantly reduced its UK growth targets to 75% by 2050 from the heady heights of trebling it in ten years at the beginning of privatisation, the rail freight industry is calling on all politicians to create a level playing field with road haulage."

Inflected Forms

level playing fields (plural)

Questions

What does level playing field mean?: A situation which offers no advantage to any particular person or side.

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