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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | opportunity |
| Synonyms: | break, chance, heyday, look-in, occasion, opening, peak, shot, show, squeak |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, cap, capital, ceiling, climax, cork, cover, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, face, fastigium, finial, head, height, high point, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, superficies, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir |
| Main Entry: | turning point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical juncture |
| Synonyms: | axis, change, climacteric, climax, contingency, crisis, critical mass, critical moment, critical period, critical point, crossing, crossroads, crucial moment, crucial occurrence, crucial period, crunch, crux, culmination, cusp, decisive moment, defining moment, development, emergency, exigency, high noon, hinge, juncture, kairotic moment, moment of truth, moment of truth, nexus, pass, peak, peripeteia, pinch, pivot, pivotal moment, point of no return, race against time, rising action, shift, strait, transition, turn of the tide, twist, when push comes to shove, zero hour, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | vertex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, cap, cope, crest, crown, culmination, extremity, fastigium, height, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tip, upper extremity, zenith |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | headland |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high land area |
| Synonyms: | bluff, cape, cliff, foreland, ness, peak, promontory, ridge, spit, strip |
| Main Entry: | apogee |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pinnacle |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, climax, crest, peak, summit, zenith |
| Notes: | apogee is the point where an orbiting body is at its farthest from the Earth (from Greek meaning 'far from the Earth' (apo- 'away' and ge 'earth')); perigee is the point where the orbiting body is closest to Earth |
| Main Entry: | zenith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top |
| Synonyms: | acme, altitude, apex, apogee, cap, capper, capstone, climax, crest, crown, culmination, elevation, eminence, height, high noon, high point, meridian, payoff, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tiptop, topper, vertex |
| Notes: | zenith derived from Arabic samt ar-ras 'the way or road above one's head'; zenith technically is the point directly above the observer and nadir is the point directly below |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | high noon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | 12:00 o'clock |
| Synonyms: | 1200 hours, eight bells, meridian, meridiem, midday, noon, noonday, nooning, noontide, noontime, peak |
| Main Entry: | spire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
| Synonyms: | apex, blade, cone, peak, pinnacle, point, shoot, spear, sprout, stalk, steeple, summit, top |
| Notes: | a spire is the tall pointed roof of a tower or the tall pointed structure on top of a steeple; a steeple is the tower plus the spire |
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