Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act or process of reducing an uneven surface to a level or plane.
- noun The art or operation of ascertaining the different elevations of objects on the surface of the earth; the art or practice of finding how much any assigned point on the earth's surface included in a survey is higher or lower than another assigned point.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or operation of making level.
- noun (Surveying) The art or operation of using a leveling instrument for finding a horizontal line, for ascertaining the differences of level between different points of the earth's surface included in a survey, for establishing grades, etc., as in finding the descent of a river, or locating a line of railroad.
- noun See Surveyor's level, under
Level , n. - noun a graduated rod or staff used in connection with a leveling instrument for measuring differences of level between points.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb US Present participle of
level .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
- noun complete destruction of a building
- noun the act of making equal or uniform
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In court this morning, the phrase "leveling the playing field" is uttered with the kind of contempt one usually sees reserved for serial rapists and NPR.
Slate Magazine Dahlia Lithwick 2011
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