Being honest with someone
Level with means open and truthful with another person.
Level is most commonly followed by with when it means honest with someone or equal to something. Other prepositions usually belong to a separate phrase about place, measurement, or position.
Use level with for honesty or equality: She was level with me; The prices are level with last year’s. Use at to talk about height or amount, as in at eye level. In and on are usually part of another phrase, not selected by level itself. Level of is a noun phrase, not an adjective pattern.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Level with means open and truthful with another person.
Level with can describe equal height, amount, or standard.
At is used before level in phrases about height, degree, or amount.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Level of is normally a noun structure.
✕ The two teams are level of skill. ✓ The two teams are level in skill.The standard expression for honesty is level with someone.
✕ Be level to me. ✓ Be level with me.Use with to show equality.
✕ The scores are level on points. ✓ The scores are level with each other on points.At level is uncommon without a noun after level.
✕ The table is at level. ✓ The table is level.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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No. It can also mean equal in height, amount, or standard.
Yes, but usually with level as a noun: a high level of stress.
Only when on introduces another idea such as location: level on the wall. It is not a common adjective-preposition combination.
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