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⚖️ To make equal 📊 To group by level
to levelize

to levelize

7.8
To put people and things into groups based on skill or need
  • verb
  • /ˈlɛvəlˌaɪz/
  • US
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  • The teacher decided to levelize the students into groups based on their reading abilities.

Examples

  • The new policy will levelize the salary structure within the company by creating clear pay grades.

  • To ensure fairness, we need to levelize the different project teams according to their skills.

  • I guess where I'm going with this line of thought is that it may be a somewhat simplistic and flawed approach to levelize the wind power costs over a single assumed operating life.

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Synonyms

to stratify
vsto levelize
  • Specialized
4 7.9

Put people into different social levels, for example upper and lower classes

applies to any items or contexts, not only social class divisions
to gradate
vsto levelize
1 8.6

To arrange things in a smooth order by size or level

divides into distinct levels or tiers rather than gradual stages
to hierarchize
vsto levelize
1 7.7

To put people or things in order by importance

groups by levels or grades without focusing on rank or importance

How Tiered

to stratify
  • Specialized
4 7.9
to tier
12 3.8
to levelize
  • US
7.8
to rank
381 2.4

Surface Forms

levelize infinitive
levelized past
levelized past participle
levelizing present participle
levelizes third person singular

Morphology

levelize = level (transparent) = level + ize

Clear derivation: 'level' + '-ize' yields a verb meaning 'to make or arrange into levels'.

Etymology

Levelize comes from the common word level, which can mean 'a stage' or 'rank', plus the ending -ize meaning 'to make'. So, to levelize in this sense is to 'make things into levels' or to sort people or items into different grades or tiers.