noun
1. complete destruction of a building
• Syn: ↑razing, ↑tearing down, ↑demolishing
• Hypernyms: ↑destruction, ↑devastation
2. the act of making equal or uniform
• Syn: ↑equalization, ↑equalisation
• Derivationally related forms: ↑equalise (for: ↑equalisation), ↑equalize (for: ↑equalization)
• Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑deed, ↑human action, ↑human activity
• Hyponyms: ↑reconciliation, ↑balancing, ↑equation, ↑equating
3. changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface
• Syn: ↑grading
• Hypernyms: ↑construction, ↑building
* * *
noun or levelling (-s)1. : the action of one that levels
2. : a change in the spelling or pronunciation of a word or word form or element to conform with that of a different although often related one : obliteration of a phonetic or linguistic distinction
Middle English sang (singular) and sungen (plural) have both become sang by leveling in modern English
3. : the finding of a horizontal line, the ascertaining of differences of elevation between points on the earth's surface, or the establishing of grades (as for a railway roadbed) by use of a surveyor's level
4. : the establishment of a standard time for a job or a piecework operation by time-study computations based on the actual performance of workers in order to fix incentive pay rates or appraise workers' efficiency
5. : the formation of a smooth film free of brush marks — used of paints
* * *
leveling UK [ˈlev(ə)lɪŋ] US
an American present participle of level
Thesaurus: present participleshyponym
Useful english dictionary. 2012.