levels

Noun

level (countable and uncountable, plural levels)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Degree or amount.
   • 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 as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC
4. Achievement or qualification.
   • She achieved a high level of distinction.

   Synonyms:

   scale

5. Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
6. One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.
   • Many of the levels change over time, from day to night or from one location to another, and some undergo a total transformation.2007 December, Chris Slate, “Get Ready to Smash”, in Nintendo Power, volume 222, page 49

   Synonyms:

   stage, zone, world

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