level descriptor

/ (dɪˈskrɪptə) /

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noun

British education one of a set of criteria used to assess the performance of a pupil in a particular subject

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Words nearby level descriptor

level, level best, level compensator, level crossing, level curve, level descriptor, leveler, levelheaded, leveling instrument, leveling rod, Levelland

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Example sentences from the Web for level descriptor

If she got caught with a shank, they would up her custody level.
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However, the Air Force is so strapped for people that the ratio has dropped below even that reduced level.
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“The level of outside support… has not been sufficient enough for them to distance themselves from al Nusra,” Cafarella said.
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Occasionally, a level will take 20 or more strokes to complete.
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Summonses for low-level offenses like public drinking and urination fell 94 percent—from 4,831 to 300.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
"Here's my authority, yuh blasted runt," he yelled, and jerked his six-shooter to a level with the policeman's breast.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Yet a child coming under the humanising influences of culture soon gets far away from the level of the savage.
Children's Ways|James Sully
The height of the tower from the level of the street is 105 feet, the slated towers over the lateral pediments being smaller.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
We were about nine hours of fair daylight traversing 160 miles of level or descending grade, with a light passenger train.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
By its operation Gordon Wright, the most sensible man of our acquaintance, is reduced to the level of infancy!
Confidence|Henry James

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