Meaning

2 senses
  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.

    выравниватьсяvyravnivatʹsja

More definitions
  • become level or even

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The plane rose sharply before leveling off as it left the coast.

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  2. Level off the sugar when measuring out.

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  3. Health officials in China say the recent surge of new SARS cases may be leveling off in Beijing.

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Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to get to a stable level, to cease oscillating:

Forms

levels off, leveling off, leveled off, leveled off
Base formlevel off · to level off
3rd person singularlevels off
Present participleleveling off
Past simpleleveled off / levelled off
Past participleleveled off / levelled off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylevel off
he, she, itlevels off

Past simpleLesson

all personsleveled off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave leveled off
he, she, ithas leveled off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill level off

Phrasal verbs

5 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • become level or even:level

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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