OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 12343

level

/ˈlɛv.l̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
al ras • nivelado
The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?
the smooth and level pavement
nivelado
At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.
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. Thei…
We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper.
nivel • niveles
Straightforward; direct; clear.
a very plain and level account
📚 noun • entry_id 12344

level

/ˈlɛv.l̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
nivel
A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed.
nivel
A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor.
nivel
Degree or amount.
In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies…
This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working a…
nivel
One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
It took me weeks to get to level seven. Watch out for the next level; the bad guys there are really overpowered.
Many of the levels change over time, from day to night or from one location to another, and some undergo a total transformation.
Word forms
📚 verb • entry_id 12345

level

/ˈlɛv.l̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
nivelar
To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
This pitfall, beginning in February and finishing in May, resulted in a drop of about 3 ft. in the platform level; during this period it was necessary to level the track three time…
You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet.