Level vs Measure - What's the difference?
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The same height at all places; parallel to a flat ground.
* Milton
At the same height as some reference; constructed as level with .
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Calm.
In the same position or rank.
* Shakespeare
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Straightforward; direct; clear.
* M. Arnold
Well balanced; even; just; steady; impartial.
* Shakespeare
(phonetics) Of even tone; without rising or falling inflection.
A tool for finding whether a surface is , or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
A distance relative to a given reference elevation.
Degree or amount.
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(computer science) Distance from the root node of a tree structure.
(gaming) One of several discrete segments of a game generally increasing in difficulty. Often numbered. Often, each level occupies different physical space (levels don't require any direct physical relationship to each other, e.g. vertically stacked, horizontally chained, etc).
(gaming) A numeric value that quantifies a character's experience and power.
A floor of a multi-storey building.
(British) an area of almost perfectly flat land.
To adjust so as to make as flat or perpendicular to the ground as possible.
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To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
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*(John Dryden) (1631-1700)
*:He levels mountains and he raises plains.
(lb) To progress to the next level.
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To aim or direct (a weapon, a stare, an accusation, etc).
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*(John Stow) (c.1525–1605)
*:Bertram de Gordon, standing on the castle wall, levelled a quarrel out of a crossbow.
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*:But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window […], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
To make the score of a game equal.
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*:Ultimately, Ms. Kroes [European Union Antitrust Commissioner] could level a fine and order Intel to change its business practices.
(lb) To bring to a common level or plane, in respect of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.
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To adjust or adapt to a certain level.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:For all his mind on honour fixed is, / To which he levels all his purposes.
The quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.
An (unspecified) quantity or capacity.
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The precise designated distance between two objects or points.
The dimensions or capacity of anything, reckoned according to some standard; size or extent, determined and stated.
* Bible, Job xi. 9
The act of measuring.
A musical designation consisting of all notes and or rests delineated by two vertical bars; an equal and regular division of the whole of a composition.
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(music) The group or grouping of beats, caused by the regular recurrence of accented beats.
(dancing) A regulated movement, especially in a slow and stately dance, corresponding to the time in which the accompanying music is performed.
(poetry) The manner of ordering and combining the quantities, or long and short syllables; meter; rhythm; hence, a metrical foot.
A rule, ruler or measuring stick.
A tactic, strategy or piece of legislation.
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, title= (mathematics) A function that assigns a non-negative number to a given set following the mathematical nature that is common among length, volume, probability and the like.
(arithmetic, dated) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times without a remainder; a divisor.
(geology) A bed or stratum.
An indicator; something used to assess some property.
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, title= To ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.
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, title= To estimate the unit size of something.
To judge, value, or appraise.
* (John Milton)
To obtain or set apart; to mark in even increments.
(rare) To traverse, cross, pass along; to travel over.
* (William Shakespeare)
To adjust by a rule or standard.
* Jeremy Taylor
To allot or distribute by measure; to set off or apart by measure; often with out'' or ''off .
* Bible, Matthew vii. 2
* Addison
As nouns the difference between level and measure
is that level is leaf (part of a plant) while measure is the quantity, size, weight, distance or capacity of a substance compared to a designated standard.As a verb measure is
to ascertain the quantity of a unit of material via calculated comparison with respect to a standard.level
English
(wikipedia level)Adjective
(er)- the smooth and level pavement
citation, passage=Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}
- Young boys and girls / Are level now with men.
citation, passage=After a poor start to the season, Roy Hodgson's men are now unbeaten in four matches and 10th in the Premier League table, level with Aston Villa on 11 points.}}
- a very plain and level account
- a level''' head; a '''level understanding
- a level consideration
Antonyms
* unbalanced * uneven * tiltedDerived terms
* level playing field * dead levelNoun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=This time was most dreadful for Lilian. Thrown on her own resources and almost penniless, she maintained herself and paid the rent of a wretched room near the hospital by working as a charwoman, sempstress, anything. In a moment she had dropped to the level of a casual labourer.}}
citation, passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. […] The public realm is privatised, the regulations restraining the ultra–wealthy and the companies they control are abandoned, and Edwardian levels of inequality are almost fetishised.}}
Derived terms
* bonus level * dead level * on the level * spirit level * split level * to the next levelSee also
*Verb
Tottenham 1-2 Norwich, passage=Holt was furious referee Michael Oliver refused to then award him a penalty after Ledley King appeared to pull his shirt and his anger was compounded when Spurs immediately levelled .}}
Derived terms
* level out * level up * level with someoneExternal links
* * English palindromesmeasure
English
(wikipedia measure)Noun
(en noun)- It ended up being a bittersweet night for England, full of goals to send the crowd home happy, buoyed by the news that Montenegro and Poland had drawn elsewhere in Group H but also with a measure of regret about what happened to Danny Welbeck and what it means for Roy Hodgson's team going into a much more difficult assignment against Ukraine.
- The tailor took my measure for a coat.
- The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
- (Shakespeare)
- a poem in iambic measure
Obama goes troll-hunting, passage=The solitary, lumbering trolls of Scandinavian mythology would sometimes be turned to stone by exposure to sunlight. Barack Obama is hoping that several measures announced on June 4th will have a similarly paralysing effect on their modern incarnation, the patent troll.}}
- the greatest common measure of two or more numbers
- coal measures'''; lead '''measures
Man Utd 1-6 Man City, passage=City were also the victors on that occasion 56 years ago, winning 5-0, but this visit was portrayed as a measure of their progress against the 19-time champions.}}
Synonyms
* (musical designation) bar * (precise designated distance) metricHyponyms
* (mathematics) positive measure, signed measure, complex measure, Borel measure, , complete measure, Lebesgue measureVerb
(measur)Towards the end of poverty, passage=But poverty’s scourge is fiercest below $1.25 (the average of the 15 poorest countries’ own poverty lines, measured in 2005 dollars and adjusted for differences in purchasing power): people below that level live lives that are poor, nasty, brutish and short.}}
- Great are thy works, Jehovah, infinite / Thy power! what thought can measure thee?
- A true devoted pilgrim is not weary / To measure kingdoms with his feeble steps.
- To secure a contented spirit, measure your desires by your fortunes, not your fortunes by your desires.
- With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
- That portion of eternity which is called time, measured out by the sun.