highest point
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3.7
- noun
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- I stood on the highest point of land nearby and watched for the king himself to pass.
- reach the highest point
- one of the highest points
Get that spoon and you want to place it on the highest point of your cheekbones.
- Get that spoon and you want to place it on the highest point of your cheekbones.
- And it says there, this is the highest point until you reach the Rockies, basically.
- I'm just going to put that right on the highest point of my brow bone.
- There's a thing called the Three Peach Challenge, highest point in Wales, Scotland and England.
- What was like the highest point of going down?
- If yeah, I mean, our highest point obviously is the success of Ocean.
Examples
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Defense spending among the alliance's European members has hit its highest point since 2010.
Academic text (2018) -
PHOTO (COLOR): Perched at the city's highest point, the Temple of Athena was built around 500 B.C.
Academic text (2010) -
Then you want to find the highest point, which is right here.
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If yeah, I mean, our highest point obviously is the success of Ocean.
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The moment the sun reached its highest point was noon.
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As the sun moves across the sky every day, the highest point it reaches gradually changes.
Academic text (2004) -
During the highest point of the tidal cycle, the falls are almost level with the ocean surface.
Academic text (2007) -
In the third quarter of 2017, it reached its highest point (60.2 percent) since the recession ended.
Academic text (2018) -
Wren maneuvered to reach the highest point, a sort of shelf that overhung the cliffs and the ocean.
Fiction book (1992) -
The embassy occupied the highest point, with a broad view of the Yangtze River.
Synonyms
368
2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
91
4.3
The highest possible amount or level
89
3.6
The highest point of a hill or mountain
46
2.5
The highest point of a mountain
38
3.7
The most intense point in a process, event, or story
34
3.9
The highest part of a hill, mountain or road
30
3.3
The most exciting or important part of an experience
20
4.4
The top point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
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3.2
The highest allowed amount or value of something
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6.2
The highest point of success or power
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1.8
The pointed top of a mountain that is the highest part
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4.2
The highest point something reaches, like water level or success
4
5.5
A high point on a graph where the curve stops rising and starts falling
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8.9
The highest point in the development of something
1
3.5
The very top point of something like a tree or mountain
1
7.2
The highest point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
A value where a math function reaches its highest point
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'the zenith or peak' is directly derivable from combining 'high' (uppermost) and 'point' (a specific position); a B1 learner who knows both words will understand that 'highest point' refers to the uppermost position or peak. This adjective + noun compositional pattern is regular in English and cross-linguistically common, so the phrase is immediately comprehensible from its parts.
Etymology
Highest point comes from the clear image of the very top of something — the highest part or the point, like the sun at noon or the top of a mountain. So highest point means the 'top' or the most extreme moment or place of something.