leveling
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈlɛvəlɪŋ/
- US
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igualación
- I want to dwell a little bit more on what's going on with this leveling process.
- economic leveling
- leveling effect
- leveling of differences
Single individuals have in fact resisted this, this power of leveling, including Kierkegaard himself.
- Single individuals have in fact resisted this, this power of leveling, including Kierkegaard himself.
- So when I say levelling, they always see themselves in competition with you.
Examples
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The company's new policy aims for leveling the pay scale across all departments.
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Efforts towards leveling the playing field in sports have led to more inclusive competition.
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A level playing field should involve a leveling for equal opportunity, not a leveling of results.
Blog text (14) -
Setting realistic goals, leveling the playing field and talks about using the news to trade.
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It's the way that the individual can compensate for the leveling tendency of society.
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A pluralist society must resist the leveling tendencies of mass society.
Academic text (1997) -
There is numerous criticism of meta-analysis that deals with the lack of randomness, the leveling of research procedures, and related issues.
Academic text (2003) -
Instead, the company focused on load-leveling, deferring capital expenditures, and increasing the reliability of its multi-state electric grids.
Academic text (2009) -
The leveling of educational resources ensures that every student has equal access to learning materials.
Synonyms
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3.4
Making two sets of numbers, like accounts, match by checking and changing them
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4.8
Making things follow the same rules so they match
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7.0
Making something the same all the way through, for example milk, culture or media
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5.8
Making things more equal by adjusting differences between them
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5.6
Making rules so things are the same
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6.7
Making something regular and the same in every part
Making different things follow the same rules
The process of making things proportional in size or degree
Antonyms
How Even
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Leveling comes from the same root as Libra ('scales'), carrying the idea of making things 'equal' or balanced. That's why social or economic leveling means trying to make standards or amounts the same for everyone.