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pinnacle
[ pin-uh-kuhl ]
noun
- a lofty peak.
- the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame, etc.:
the pinnacle of one's career.
Synonyms: zenith, summit, peak, acme, apex
Antonyms: nadir
- any pointed, towering part or formation, as of rock.
Synonyms: needle
- Architecture. a relatively small, upright structure, commonly terminating in a gable, a pyramid, or a cone, rising above the roof or coping of a building, or capping a tower, buttress, or other projecting architectural member.
verb (used with object)
- to place on or as on a pinnacle.
- to form a pinnacle on; crown.
pinnacle
/ ˈpɪnəkəl /
noun
- the highest point or level, esp of fame, success, etc
- a towering peak, as of a mountain
- a slender upright structure in the form of a cone, pyramid, or spire on the top of a buttress, gable, or tower
verb
- to set on or as if on a pinnacle
- to furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
- to crown with a pinnacle
Word History and Origins
Origin of pinnacle1
Word History and Origins
Origin of pinnacle1
Example Sentences
Next, he sermonized on the moral failures that caused other “pinnacle nations” throughout history to fall.
From an athletic point of view, James is the pinnacle of human athleticism and fitness.
For those who are obsessed with the popular reality show, the wedding was a pinnacle moment.
They were two artists at the pinnacle of their careers combining their respective star powers into one nearly blinding supernova.
The arrival of Woodford Reserve in 1996 was arguably the pinnacle of the small batch movement.
But there is a pinnacle of human success and of human opinion, on which human foot was never yet permitted to rest.
The minister's eye kept steady to one point; to raise the country he governed, to the utmost pinnacle of earthly grandeur.
I might as well have laid down and gone to sleep on that pinnacle for all the good my waiting and eye-straining did me.
A fifty-mile breeze lashed us spitefully, tugging at our shirt-sleeves and drowning our voices, while we halted on that pinnacle.
As if to prove that he was a true prophet, the herd split against a rocky pinnacle, and on this we stranded.
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