The meaning of Pinnacle

noun

The point at which something is at its best or most highly developed.

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Physics is the acme of scientific knowledge

noun

The highest point of achievement

Usage examples:

Chaplin’s "city lights" marked the acme of his filmmaking career.

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A sharp pinnacle of rock in a mountain range.

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Across the valley, towering above you, is the snow-covered dome of mont blanc, glaciers tumbling do…

noun

The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.

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The apex of the roof

verb

Reach a high point or climax.

Usage examples:

Melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo

noun

A system of reduced fares for scheduled airline flights and railway journeys which must be booked and paid for before a certain period in advance of departure.

Usage examples:

Apex fares

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The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination.

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A film which was the apogee of german expressionist cinema

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The most successful, popular, or powerful point

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At their apogee, the novels of spillane claimed worldwide sales of over $180 million.

noun

Occupation of a position of dominant power or influence.

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The ascendancy of good over evil

noun

The most intense, exciting, or important point of something; the culmination.

Usage examples:

She was nearing the climax of her speech

verb

Culminate in an exciting or impressive event; reach a climax.

Usage examples:

The day climaxed with a gala concert

noun

The most important or exciting part in the development of a story or situation, which usually happens near the end

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The novel built to a shattering climax, leaving me breathless., a late season hurricane on october …

noun

A steep or rugged cliff or rock face.

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The rolling, gentle hills of the borderland of northern ireland transform on the turn of a bend int…

noun

A comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

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A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest

verb

Reach the top of (a hill or wave).

Usage examples:

She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

noun

The top or highest part of something such as a wave or a hill

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We climbed to the crest of the hill., the flood waters crested thursday (= reached their highest le…

noun

The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

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Columns rising to 65 feet in height

noun

A run of bad luck associated with a particular person, group, or activity.

Usage examples:

The hoodoo continued on saturday as city went down 1–0

verb

Bewitch.

Usage examples:

She's hoodooed you

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A set of magical beliefs and practices that originally belonged to west africans brought to north america and the caribbean as slaves, which are linked to the religion of voodoo

Usage examples:

Haitian folklore told tales of dead people whose bodies were awakened by hoodoo., might this be the…

noun

An isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly from a plain.

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The rock exposures are rather poor, except for some scattered inselbergs and massifs of biotite-hor…

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A circle of constant longitude passing through a given place on the earth's surface and the terrestrial poles.

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The european broadcasting area extends from the atlantic to the meridian 40°e

adjective

Relating to or situated at a meridian.

Usage examples:

The meridian moon

noun

An imaginary line that passes from the north pole to the south pole through any place on the surface of the earth, used to show the position of places on a map

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The area at the top of a mountain.

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A snow-covered mountaintop

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The top of a mountain

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A very fine slender piece of polished metal with a point at one end and a hole or eye for thread at the other, used in sewing.

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A darning needle

verb

Prick or pierce with or as if with a needle.

Usage examples:

Dust needled his eyes

verb

A sharp pointed implement

noun

The pointed top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

Tatters of fog clung to the peak of the mountain

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

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The disease peaked in summer

adjective

At the highest level; maximum.

Usage examples:

The canal was restored to peak condition

noun

A small extinct volcanic cone in the auvergne, france.

noun

Very small, dark green, dried beans that are cooked and eaten

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A pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier.

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A team of rescue sherpa evacuated the two men down through the towering seracs and debris to base c…

noun

The highest point of a hill or mountain.

Usage examples:

She climbed back up the path towards the summit

verb

Reach the summit of (a mountain or hill).

Usage examples:

In 2013, 658 climbers summited everest

noun

The top or highest point, esp. of a mountain

Usage examples:

We climbed to the summit of mount rainier., the economic summit did not accomplish all that the pre…

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

Usage examples:

George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

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The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

Usage examples:

A rubbish tip

noun

The highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.

Usage examples:

Doreen stood at the top of the stairs

adjective

Highest in position, rank, or degree.

Usage examples:

The top button of his shirt

verb

Exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.

Usage examples:

Losses are expected to top £100 m this year

noun

A hill or rocky peak.

Usage examples:

Glastonbury tor

noun

A large piece or area of rock that sticks up from a hill, or the hill itself

noun

The highest point; the top or apex.

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But what vertices of anxiety lie behind the gentle opposition of town and country, youth and age wh…

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The point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

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(in mathematics) the point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

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The vertex of a triangle/cone/pyramid

noun

The time at which something is most powerful or successful.

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In 1977, punk was at its zenith

noun

The best, highest, or most successful point or time

Usage examples:

Their popularity reached its zenith in the mid-1990s.