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level out

level out verb: to become even.

Verb

level out (third-person singular simple present levels out, present participle (US) leveling out or (UK) levelling out, simple past and past participle (US) leveled out or (UK) levelled out)

  1. (intransitive) To become even.
    • Will the seemingly insatiable demand for the product ever level out?2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off”, in The Guardian, London
  2. (transitive) To cause (something) to be even.
    • Mohr took some of them with him to make a road for the lorry, from the highroad to the grave, they levelled out the ground, cut off branches from the bush and heaped them on the path, for the ground was slippery.1937, Karen Blixen, Out of Africa, London: Putnam, Part 5, Chapter 3

Synonyms of level out

Forms of level out

third-person singular presentlevels out
present participle USleveling out
present participle UKlevelling out
past participle USleveled out
past USleveled out
past participle UKlevelled out
past UKlevelled out

Questions about level out

What does level out mean?
Level out means to become even.
What part of speech is level out?
Level out is a verb.
What is the past tense of level out?
The past tense of level out is leveled out.

Words near level out in the dictionary

  1. level headed
  2. level heads
  3. level junction
  4. level junctions
  5. level off
  6. level out
  7. level pegging
  8. level playing field
  9. level playing fields
  10. level set
  11. level sets

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