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leveling off

leveling off is the present participle and gerund of level off.

Meaning of level off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see level, off.
    • I poured some flour into the scoop and levelled it off with a knife.
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To get to a stable level; to cease climbing, descending, or oscillating.
    • Will the exponential growth in TV rights income at home and abroad that has fuelled the endless inflation of the Premier League’s high-octane balloon ever level off?2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off?”, in The Guardian, London

Questions about leveling off

What is leveling off the present participle and gerund of?
Leveling off is the present participle and gerund of level off.

Words near leveling off in the dictionary

  1. levelheadedness
  2. leveling
  3. leveling down
  4. leveling effect
  5. leveling effects
  6. leveling off
  7. leveling out
  8. leveling seat
  9. leveling staff
  10. leveling staffs
  11. leveling staves

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