Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To raise to the same level or status; to improve so as to make as good as others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: literal and figurative
Synonyms: step up
Antonyms: level down
verb
To reduce economic and developmental inequalities across the United Kingdom.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, specific
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities, often by acquiring experience points in role-playing games.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: ambitransitive
Qualifier: roleplaying games
Topics: video-games
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From level + up. The video game sense is a calque of Japanese レベルアップ (reberu appu) using the SOV word order.
Across languages
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
