leveling

Other forms of leveling

plural

levelings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about leveling

What does leveling mean?

leveling means "changing the ground level to a smooth horizontal or gently sloping surface". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in leveling?

leveling has 3 syllables: lev-e-ling. The stress falls on "lev". In IPA it is /ˈlɛvəlɪŋ/.

What is another word for leveling?

Close synonyms include grading, razing, tearing down, demolishing, equalization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leveling a common word?

leveling is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.