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leveling out

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

Meaning of level out

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

Questions about leveling out

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

Words near leveling out in the dictionary

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

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