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levelling down

levelling down is the present participle and gerund of level down.

Meaning of level down

Verb

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

  1. To lower to the same level or status.
    Antonyms:
    level up

Questions about levelling down

What is levelling down the present participle and gerund of?
Levelling down is the present participle and gerund of level down.

Words near levelling down in the dictionary

  1. leveller
  2. levellers
  3. levelless
  4. levellest
  5. levelling
  6. levelling down
  7. levelling off
  8. levelling out
  9. levelling staff
  10. levelling staffs
  11. levelling staves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: levelling down (page history and authors); level down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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