level off en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(transitive) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see level, off.
I poured some flour into the scoop and levelled it off with a knife.
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(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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| levels off | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| levelling off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| leveled off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| leveled off | Tense=Past | US | lexicographic |
| leveling off | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
| levelled off | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| levelled off | Tense=Past | UK | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Translations (5)
ja 頭打ち (to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating) · it stabilizzarsi (to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating) · pl wyrównywać się (to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating) · ru выравниваться (to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating) · pl wyrównać się (to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating)