level up
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level up
Where it comes from
From level + up. The video game sense is a calque of Japanese レベルアップ (reberu appu) using the SOV word order.
verb levels up · leveling up · levelling up · leveled up · levelled up
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To raise to the same level or status; to improve so as to make as good as others.
Near-synonym: step up
Similar: step up · Opposite: level down
- To reduce economic and developmental inequalities across the United Kingdom. Boris Johnson should consider setting targets to level up the UK’s weakest regions to tackle widespread inequality, according to one of the government’s senior independent policy advisers.
- To progress to the next level of player character stats and abilities, often by acquiring experience points in role-playing games. I leveled up after defeating the dragon.
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verb gaming
| Español | avanzar, subir de nivel, pasar de nivel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 레벨업하다 rebereophada |
| 日本語 | レベルアップする reberu appu suru |
| Português | passar de nível, avançar de nível, avançar de fase, upar |
| Français | passer au niveau supérieur |
| Deutsch | aufstufen, aufleveln |
| Italiano | salire di livello |
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