zenith

CEFRC1

/ˈzɛn.ɪθ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The highest point or greatest level of something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Highest point or state; peak.

Examples

  • His fame was at its zenith at that time.

  • The sun is at the zenith.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈzi.nɪθ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.

  2. The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.

More examples

In context

  • Winning the continental championship was the zenith of my career.

  • In this 10th m. appeared that prodigious Comett the tayl whereof was like the blade of a double edged sword, and reached almost from the horizon to the zenith.

  • The 12 day wee had the wind high and large ſo that in two dayes ſaile we made the Sunne our Zenith or verticall point[…]

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Origin

noun

From Middle English cenyth, from Medieval Latin cenit, from Arabic سَمْت (samt, “direction, path”), from the fuller form سَمْت اَلرَّأْس (samt ar-raʔs, “direction of the head”). The -ni- for -m- is sometimes thought to be due to a misreading of the three strokes, which is plausible, though it could be a mere phonetic approximation.