level playing field
21
3.5
- noun
:
igualdad de condiciones
- An open Internet ensures a level playing field for online entrepreneurs and users alike.
- ensure a level playing field
- create a level playing field
- compete on a level playing field
They want a fair or a level playing field.
- They want a fair or a level playing field.
- But more importantly, it's everyone wants and there's no, there's no level playing field.
- And that was created to create a level playing field so women could thrive and excel in their own arena.
- And it sets a much more level playing field for when you get into the difficult things that you need to talk about.
- But the work that you need to put in, I don't think you get enough back to do You mean it's not a level playing field?
- And I thought, well, that's that's good means it's a level playing field.
- Are those gatekeepers really making it possible for everyone to have a late A level playing field?
- Well so at the way I've set things up now moving to so it's a level playing field with everyone.
Examples
-
The public plan option must be "on a level playing field with the private plans."
Blog text (13) -
It's a level playing field.
-
What they should do is create a level playing field in international.
-
Again, this idea of a level playing field, fair rules.
-
You think it's a level playing field out here?
-
Finally, a level playing field for people like us.
-
A properly working and efficient free market operates on a level playing field for all.
Blog text (19) -
It could be an opportunity to right wrongs and to create a more level playing field for women.
-
Schools may use ropes courses or problem-solving initiatives to create this level playing field.
Academic text (2005) -
An open Internet ensures a level playing field for online entrepreneurs and users alike.
Synonyms
293
2.2
People have the same rights, position, and opportunities
236
1.9
Treating people equally and without bias
46
5.3
Fair and equal treatment of people, for example at work or school
25
3.1
The idea that everyone should have the same chance for jobs, school, or promotion whatever their background
16
3.0
Honest behavior that treats everyone the same and follows the rules in sport or competition
16
6.0
An equal chance to succeed and be treated the same as others
1
3.3
A situation where everyone has an equal chance and no one has unfair advantages
An equal chance to take part or benefit
A fair chance to take part or succeed
People have the same rights and chances
Antonyms
How Fair
25
3.1
21
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase literally describes a 'playing field' that is 'level' (even), so a learner who knows the constituents can plausibly infer an idea of equal conditions; however the extension from a literal sports pitch to the abstract sense of fair chances is a metaphorical jump. Because the meaning requires mapping a concrete image to an abstract concept, it is partially predictable but not fully transparent without exposure.
Etymology
Level playing field comes from sports. If a playing field is level, the ground is flat so the ball and players are not helped by one side, and that's why the phrase means 'a situation where everyone has the same fair chance'.