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next level en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of next-level.
   alt of next-level
   • And Pharoahe and his crew definitely on some serious next level poetry type ishhh, and the next millennium rap is some next level poetry. 2006, H. Samy Alim, Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture, →ISBN, page 153:
   • That was some next level Twilight Zone stuff. 2014, Rob Fee, Thought Catalog, I Was Raised By Television, →ISBN:
   • I enjoy me some pussy, but making love to a man is some next level shit. 2011, Susan Horton, A Tribute to Bullying:: "What They Call Ugly", →ISBN, page 98:
   • That was some next level shit! This weekend is going to be off the hook. 2014, Renee Flagler, Society Wives, →ISBN:
   • Dan Bongino[…] tweeted: “The pearl clutching over a joke, made by a UFC heavyweight known for his post fight stand up comedy acts, is next level hypocrisy. 2026 June 16, David Smith, quoting Dan Bongino, “Trump facing pressure to condemn UFC fighter for disparaging Michelle Obama”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Forms

next level en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation.
   • We will also discuss our goal of continually advancing web search to next level by applying data mining, machine learning, and knowledge discovery techniques into the process of information analysis, organization, retrieval, and visualization. 2004, Xiaofang Zhou, Web Information Systems -- WISE 2004, →ISBN:
   • What we need is someone to get us to that next level. Because, guys? We've done all we can here. 2015, Erika Kelly, You Really Got Me, →ISBN:
   • Some relationships that can get you to your next level are partnerships. Joining forces with other women or with men can help to bring your vision into fruition even earlier. 2014, Traverro Harden-Ali, Next Level Woman Series: Black, Female, & Rising, →ISBN:
   • Many of us want to go to that next level, to grasp the next rung on the ladder, to crash through the glass ceiling, but we aren't willing to stretch to get there. But truthfully, the only way we can extend ourselves to reach the next level is to move beyond our comfort zone and utilize more of our talents and capabilities. 2005, T. D. Jakes, Ten Commandments of Working in a Hostile Environment, →ISBN:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see next, level.

Forms

Deriveds

take to the next level

Translations (5)

fi uusi taso (significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation) · fi seuraava taso (significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation) · es otro nivel (significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation) · fr niveau supérieur (significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation) · pl coś bardziej złożonego (significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation)