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In sport, if a player or team l_____ the score, they score a goal or win some points so that their team has the same number of points or goals as the opposing team.In sport, if a player or team levels the score, they score a goal or win some points so that their team has the same number of points or goals as the opposing team.
Iglesias scored twice to level the score.
The Cincinnati Reds have levelled the score in the National League play-off against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
word level
full-definition
noun
A level is a point on a scale, for example a scale of amount, quality, or difficulty .
If you don't know your cholesterol level, it's a good idea to have it checked.
Michael's roommate had been pleasant on a superficial level.
We do have the lowest level of inflation for some years.
The exercises are marked according to their level of difficulty.
The level of a river, lake, or ocean or the level of liquid in a container is the height of its surface.
The water level of the Mississippi River is already 6.5 feet below normal.
The gauge relies upon a sensor in the tank to relay the fuel level.
If something is at a particular level, it is at that height.
Liz sank down until the water came up to her chin and thea bubbles were at eye level.
adjective
In cookery, a level spoonful of a substance such as flour or sugar is an amount that fills the spoon exactly, without going above the top edge .
Stir in 1 level teaspoon of yeast.
If one thing is level with another thing, it is at the same height as it.
He leaned over the counter so his face was almost level with the boy's.
Amy knelt down so that their eyes were level.
When something is level, it is completely flat with no part higher than any other.
The floor was level, but the ceiling sloped toward his head.
...a plateau of fairly level ground.
If you keep your voice level, you speak in a deliberately calm and unemotional way.
He forced his voice to remain level.
adverb
If you draw level with someone or something, you get closer to them until you are by their side.
I drew level with the platform and was about to walk past.
When the car pulled level with him, he spoke into the lowered passenger window.
He waited until they were level with the door before he turned around sharply.
If you draw level with someone, you manage to improve your performance until it is the same as theirs, by scoring the same number of points or goals as them.
They have drawn level with the opposition.
The teams were level at the end of extra time.
verb
In sport, if a player or team levels the score, they score a goal or win some points so that their team has the same number of points or goals as the opposing team.
Iglesias scored twice to level the score.
The Cincinnati Reds have levelled the score in the National League play-off against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
If someone or something such as a violent storm levels a building or area of land, they destroy it completely or make it completely flat.
Further tremors could level more buildings.
The storm was the most powerful to hit Hawaii this century. It leveled sugar plantations and destroyed homes.
If an accusation or criticism is levelled at someone, they are accused of doing wrong or they are criticized for something they have done.
Allegations of corruption were levelled at him and his family.
He leveled bitter criticism against the U.S.
If you level an object at someone or something, you lift it and point it in their direction.
He said thousands of Koreans still levelled guns at one another along the demilitarised zone between them.
If you level with someone, you tell them the truth and do not keep anything secret .
I'll level with you. I'm no great detective. I've no training or anything.
He has leveled with the American people about his role in the affair.
inflections levelslevellinglevelled
cefr-level B2

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