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Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary
pinnacle
1. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower (Freq. 1)
• Topics:
architecture
• Hypernyms:
steeple, spire
2. the highest level or degree attainable;
the highest stage of development
- his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
- the artist's gifts are at their acme
- at the height of her career
- the peak of perfection
- summer was at its peak
- ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
- the summit of his ambition
- so many highest superlatives achieved by man
- at the top of his profession
• Syn:
acme, height, elevation, peak, summit,
superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
• Derivationally related forms:
top (for: top), meridian (for: meridian), superlative (for: superlative), peak (for: peak), elevate (for: elevation)
• Hypernyms:
degree, level, stage, point
3. a lofty peak
• Hypernyms:
peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit
1. surmount with a pinnacle
- pinnacle a pediment
• Hypernyms:
surmount
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. raise on or as if on a pinnacle
- He did not want to be pinnacled
• Hypernyms:
raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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