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levels off

levels off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 levels off

What is levels off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Levels off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of level off.

Words near levels off in the dictionary

  1. levelment
  2. levelments
  3. levelness
  4. levels
  5. levels down
  6. levels off
  7. levels out
  8. levels to the ground
  9. levels up
  10. levels with
  11. levelwise

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