a horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point

the front garden is on a level with this floor

a position on a scale of amount, quantity, extent, or quality

a high level of unemployment

debt rose to unprecedented levels

(in a video game) each of a series of stages of increasing difficulty through which a player may progress, completing one stage in order to reach the next

I've now reached level 106 on Candy Crush Saga

an instrument marked with a line parallel to the plane of the horizon for testing whether things are horizontal

a flat tract of land

the Somerset Levels

having a flat, horizontal surface

we had reached level ground

at the same height as someone or something else

his eyes were level with hers

having the same relative position; not in front of or behind

the car backed rapidly until it was level with me

calm and steady

the cold, level gaze he had given her

give a flat and even surface to

contractors started levelling the ground for the new power station

make (something, especially a score in sport) equal or similar

Woods sliced the ball into the net to level the score

Ardsley deservedly levelled with two minutes remaining

aim (a weapon)

he levelled a pistol at us

ascertain differences in the height of (land)