pinnacle

CEFRB2

/ˈpɪnəkəl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The highest point or greatest achievement of something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.

Examples

  • Is man really the pinnacle of Creation, or just a freak of nature?

  • It's the pinnacle of luxury.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.

  2. The highest point.

  3. An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

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In context

  • Kings, who remain in many respects the representatives of a vanished world, solitary pinnacles that topple over the rising waste of waters under which the past lies buried.

  • The pinnacle of the effort to fix restrictive meanings to a set of terminology can be found in two papers in American Speech by Feinsilver (1979, 1980).

  • Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnāculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.