pinnacle
the top, or highest point
TRANSLATION
Höhepunkt, Gipfel
STATISTICS
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Not all scientific discoveries are made in a scientist's youth. The noted American botanist Benjamin Minge Duggar reached the PINNACLE of his career in 1948, when he discovered and introduced the use of the broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotics - at the age of seventy-six.
The Ford Motor company's giant River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan, was the PINNACLE of industrial achievement
(The New York Times - 27th Jan 2000)
The Ford Motor company's giant River Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan, was the PINNACLE of industrial achievement
(The New York Times - 27th Jan 2000)
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pinnacle
Here are 3 definitions from The American Heritage Dictionary - it's nr 3 that you'll need most often in general and business communication
1. Architecture. A small turret or spire on a roof or buttress.
2. A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
3. The highest point; the culmination.
Synonyms:
apex, apogee, ascendancy, climax, crest, crowning point, culmination, cusp, extremity, head, height, high spot, highlight, intensification, limit, maximum, meridian, pay-off, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, turning point, utmost, vertex, zenith
From Late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of Latin pinna, feather.
Here are 3 definitions from The American Heritage Dictionary - it's nr 3 that you'll need most often in general and business communication
1. Architecture. A small turret or spire on a roof or buttress.
2. A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
3. The highest point; the culmination.
Synonyms:
apex, apogee, ascendancy, climax, crest, crowning point, culmination, cusp, extremity, head, height, high spot, highlight, intensification, limit, maximum, meridian, pay-off, peak, pinnacle, summit, top, turning point, utmost, vertex, zenith
From Late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of Latin pinna, feather.
