A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
Used in a Sentence
levers
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for levers.
Editorial note
Many people have a second pair of brake levers accessible from the tops as well as their integrated levers at the hoods.
Examples15
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of levers gathered in one view.
A surname.
(mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for levers.
noun
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
noun
A surname.
noun
(mechanics) A bar, as a capstan bar, applied to a rotatory piece to turn it.
noun
(mechanics) An arm on a rock shaft, to give motion to the shaft or to obtain motion from it.
Example sentences
Many people have a second pair of brake levers accessible from the tops as well as their integrated levers at the hoods.
The implementation of the counter is IO (the levers that Tim pulls), ADD, SUB (branch if 0), M1 (the counter)..
Entering a vehicle is improved by one-handed, spring-assisted collapse levers in the handle.
There are other levers (dollar compensation, equity allocation, promotion opportunities) that should fill that role instead.
A progressive income tax makes a lot of sense and has lots of configuration levers.
Windows nowadays is pretty solid tech but it's aimed at a general demographic so finding all the power user levers take a while.
So do we keep bikeshedding and tweaking little levers or do we actually try and fix the fundamental problem?
It is amazing to watch the human workers file into the machinery, then to see them crank levers and move the hands of a clock-thing.
The people who stand upon the ends of our levers are there because they have already decided the direction in which they wish to push.
Day seems to be complaining that the networks aren't centralized enough with less-than perfectly hierarchical addresses (for efficiency of routing) and without lower level QoS levers.
That is certainly one of the levers used in Australia.
I shouldn't have to guess, the feedback and levers should simply be presented clearly.
Quote examples
When faced with a number of lotto levers, with independent and unknown payout schedules, the optimal solution involves switching around between exploiting known high-payout levers and becoming "curious" and trying out new levers.
As usual, the initial settling is largely happening due to the Chinese government applying artificial levers to get people to move there, but that's a tactic they've used successfully on a lot of these "ghost towns"
I think by "force" I'm imagining a physics type theoretical uniform force with god-like imaginary hands as opposed to a engineering type force in real life with hands and levers.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use levers in a sentence?
Many people have a second pair of brake levers accessible from the tops as well as their integrated levers at the hoods.
What does levers mean?
A small such piece to trigger or control a mechanical device (like a switch or a button).
What part of speech is levers?
levers is commonly used as noun.