[
  {
    "word": "level",
    "phonetic": "/\u02c8l\u025bv.\u0259l/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8l\u025bv.\u0259l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/level-uk.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=88518399",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 4.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"
        }
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u02c8l\u025bv.\u0259l/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/level-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=876696",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "A tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Hand me the level so I can tell if this is correctly installed."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A distance relative to a given reference elevation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "By the end of the day, we'd dug down to the level of the old basement floor."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Degree or amount.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The sound level is much too high; this hurts my ears.\u00a0\u00a0 We've reached a new level of success."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Achievement or qualification.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "She achieved a high level of distinction."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Distance from the root node of a tree structure.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "One of several discrete segments of a game, generally increasing in difficulty and representing different locations in the game world.",
            "synonyms": [
              "stage",
              "world",
              "zone"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "It took me weeks to get to level seven.\u00a0\u00a0 Watch out for the next level; the bad guys there are really overpowered."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "My half-orc barbarian reached fifth level before he was squashed by a troll."
          },
          {
            "definition": "A floor of a multi-storey building.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Take the elevator and get off at the promenade level."
          },
          {
            "definition": "An area of almost perfectly flat land.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A school grade or year.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "stage",
          "world",
          "zone"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "You can level the table by turning the pads that screw into the feet."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The hurricane leveled the forest."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To progress to the next level.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "I levelled after defeating the dragon."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He levelled an accusation of fraud at the directors.\u2003 The hunter levels the gun before taking a shot."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To direct or impose (a penalty, fine, etc) at or upon (someone).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To make the score of a game equal.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to level all the ranks and conditions of men"
          },
          {
            "definition": "To adjust or adapt to a certain level.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to level remarks to the capacity of children"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(usually with \"with\") To speak honestly and openly with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "This table isn't quite level; see how this marble rolls off it?"
          },
          {
            "definition": "At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "We tried to hang the pictures so that the bottom of the frames were level with the dark line in the wallpaper."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unvaried in frequency.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His pulse has been level for 12 hours."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Unvaried in volume.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "His voice has been unchanged. It has been level for 12 hours."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Calm.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "He kept a level gaze."
          },
          {
            "definition": "In the same position or rank.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Straightforward; direct; clear.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "a level head; a level understanding"
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection; monotonic.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Perpendicular to a gravitational force.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The earth's oceans remain level in relation to the pull of gravity."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "tilted",
          "unbalanced",
          "uneven"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/level"
    ]
  }
]