next level meaning: definition, quotations

next-level

adjalso spelled next-level

Idiomatic Significantly more advanced, better, or more extreme.

I'm in because look, there's some next-level shit going on around here, and I'm with that.1997, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, spoken by James Darrell (Will Smith):
I would give him some thugged-out braids, a wife-beater, a pair of jeans, and penny loafers. I'd bring him back on some next-level kind of flavor.2005 August, Amy Phillips, “Q&A Missy Elliott”, in SPIN, volume 21, number 8, page 24:

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This broad-based thinking begins to define areas that require next-level thinking, something that is a major focus of this book.2011, Robert A. Rudzki, Robert J. Trent, Next Level Supply Management Excellence, →ISBN:
This isn't that boring brown lentil mush you find in places where food goes to die. We wouldn't do you like that. The spices and lemon makes this some next-level shit that you will actually want to eat.2014, Thug Kitchen, Thug Kitchen: Eat Like You Give a F**k, →ISBN, page 85:

noun

A significantly more advanced or unusual state or situation.

We will also discuss our goal of continually advancing web search to next level by applying data mining, machine learning, and knowledge discovery techniques into the process of information analysis, organization, retrieval, and visualization.2004, Xiaofang Zhou, Web Information Systems -- WISE 2004, →ISBN:
Many of us want to go to that next level, to grasp the next rung on the ladder, to crash through the glass ceiling, but we aren't willing to stretch to get there. But truthfully, the only way we can extend ourselves to reach the next level is to move beyond our comfort zone and utilize more of our talents and capabilities.2005, T. D. Jakes, Ten Commandments of Working in a Hostile Environment, →ISBN:

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Some relationships that can get you to your next level are partnerships. Joining forces with other women or with men can help to bring your vision into fruition even earlier.2014, Traverro Harden-Ali, Next Level Woman Series: Black, Female, & Rising, →ISBN:
What we need is someone to get us to that next level. Because, guys? We've done all we can here.2015, Erika Kelly, You Really Got Me, →ISBN:

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see next, level.