Everest

[ ev-er-ist, ev-rist ]

noun

1. Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8,848 meters).
2. high point; summit:

   The book is an Everest in the field of historical scholarship.

3. a male given name.

Everest

/ ˈɛvərɪst /

noun

1. Mount Everest
   a mountain in S Asia on the border between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world; first climbed by members of a British-led expedition (1953). Height: established as 8848 m (29 028 ft) for many years, but the latest of a series of more recent reassessments (in 1999), not currently accepted by all authorities or by either of the controlling governments, puts it at 8850 m (29 035 ft) Nepalese nameSagarmatha Chinese namesQomolangmaChomolungma
2. any high point of ambition or achievement

Word History and Origins

Origin of Everest¹

C19: named after Sir G. Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India