level out

verb

To become even.

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Meanings

verblevel out (third-person singular simple present levels out, present participle (US) leveling out or (UK) levelling out, simple past and past participle (US) leveled out or (UK) levelled out)

present singular third person levels out · US participle present leveling out · UK participle present levelling out · US participle past leveled out · US past leveled out · UK participle past levelled out · UK past levelled out

  1. intransitiveTo become even.

    Will the seemingly insatiable demand for the product ever level out?

    2016 October 24, Owen Gibson, “Is the unthinkable happening – are people finally switching the football off”, in The Guardian, London
  2. transitiveTo cause (something) to be even.

    Mohr took some of them with him to make a road for the lorry, from the highroad to the grave, they levelled out the ground, cut off branches from the bush and heaped them on the path, for the ground was slippery.

    1937, Karen Blixen, Out of Africa, London: Putnam, Part 5, Chapter 3

Synonyms & antonyms

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even out

Translations

Finnish tasoittua, tasoittaa
  • tasoittuato become even
  • tasoittaato cause to be even
Italian stabilizzarsi, pareggiare
  • stabilizzarsito become even
  • pareggiareto cause to be even
  • livellareto cause to be even
Polish wyrównywać się, wyrównać się
  • wyrównywać sięto become even
  • wyrównać sięto become even
  • stabilizować sięto become even
  • ustabilizować sięto become even
  • wyrównywaćto cause to be even
  • wyrównaćto cause to be even
  • stabilizowaćto cause to be even
  • ustabilizowaćto cause to be even
Ukrainian вирі́внюватися, ви́рівнятися
  • вирі́внюватися (vyrívnjuvatysja)to become even
  • ви́рівнятися (výrivnjatysja)to become even
  • вирі́внювати (vyrívnjuvaty)to cause to be even
  • ви́рівняти (výrivnjaty)to cause to be even
  • нівелюва́ти (niveljuváty)to cause to be even
Cite this entry
APA

level out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20out

MLA

“level out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “level out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/level%20out.

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