level off

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer une stabilisation ou un aplatissement après une période de croissance ou de baisse, ainsi que pour rendre une surface plane ou lisse.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of stabilizing or becoming steady after a period of increase or decrease, or to make something flat or even.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Become stable or constantformal

   To stop increasing or decreasing and remain at a steady level.

   se stabiliser

   • The population growth is expected to level off by 2030.
   • After a sharp rise, prices finally leveled off.
   • His performance leveled off after the initial improvement.

   Synonymeseven outflattenplateausteady

   Antonymesfluctuateoscillateswingvarywaver

2. Make flat or evenformal

   To make a surface flat or even.

   Aplanir, mettre à niveau

   • The workers leveled off the ground before building the foundation.
   • She used a trowel to level off the concrete.
   • The road was leveled off to improve safety.

   Synonymeseven outflattenplanesmooth

Verbe de baselevel