- a public examination in a subject taken for the General Certificate of Education (GCE), usually at the age of 17–18
- the course leading to this examination
- (as modifier): A-level maths
- a pass in a particular subject at A level: she has three A levels
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A lev•el
(ā′ lev′əl),USA pronunciation [Brit.]
- British Termsa public examination requiring advanced knowledge in a subject and taken at the end of secondary school, usually two years after O level.
- British Termsa pass in this examination.
- A(dvanced) level 1950–55
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A level n (in Britain)
'A level' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A2 level
- Advanced level
- AS level
- awash
- break even
- C
- deep structure
- echelon
- equalization payment
- par
- peg
- plain
- plane
- price leadership
- rising damp
- road
- standard
- standard of living
- stratum
- threshold
- tidemark
- undervalue
- airfield
- alkali flat
- alluvial plain
- amphitheater
- artificial horizon
- bowling green
- crowning
- deck
- dip
- flat race
- floor
- footlight
- gallery
- grade
- head
- height
- high
- iron law of wages
- lawn bowling
- level
- limp
- low
- O level
- planar
- raise
- reach
- regulator
- table