Pinnacle
noun
The highest point or top of something, like a mountain or a career.
She climbed to the pinnacle of her profession.
Often appears as...
- reach the pinnacle
- pinnacle of success
noun
A high, pointed piece of rock.
The climber reached the rocky pinnacle.
Often appears as...
- rocky pinnacle
- climb the pinnacle
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The highest point or top of something, like a mountain or a career.
She climbed to the pinnacle of her profession.
Often appears as...
- reach the pinnacle
- pinnacle of success
noun
A high, pointed piece of rock.
The climber reached the rocky pinnacle.
Often appears as...
- rocky pinnacle
- climb the pinnacle
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Used to describe the highest achievement or most successful point in various contexts.
Winning the Nobel Prize is considered the pinnacle of scientific accomplishment.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Often carries a positive connotation, reflecting admiration or respect for the achievement.
He reached the pinnacle of his career after years of hard work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Hyperbolic
Use for truly significant achievements or high points, not for everyday successes.
Becoming a CEO marked the pinnacle of her business endeavors.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Used to describe the highest achievement or most successful point in various contexts.
Winning the Nobel Prize is considered the pinnacle of scientific accomplishment.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Often carries a positive connotation, reflecting admiration or respect for the achievement.
He reached the pinnacle of his career after years of hard work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Hyperbolic
Use for truly significant achievements or high points, not for everyday successes.
Becoming a CEO marked the pinnacle of her business endeavors.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Usage
Used to describe the highest achievement or most successful point in various contexts.
Winning the Nobel Prize is considered the pinnacle of scientific accomplishment.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Often carries a positive connotation, reflecting admiration or respect for the achievement.
He reached the pinnacle of his career after years of hard work.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Hyperbolic
Use for truly significant achievements or high points, not for everyday successes.
Becoming a CEO marked the pinnacle of her business endeavors.
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What's hidden among the...
When Stephen reached the pinnacle, he rested on a platform of crisscrossing branches and needles. Growing in the soil mat was a huckleberry bush with ripe berries! He ate some and waited for his friend. Stephen had discovered a new world hundreds of feet above the ground.
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
from making the wrong choice. Let's face the way I wanted my tea was inappropriate according to cultural standards, and they were doing their best to help me save face. Americans tend to believe that they've reached some sort of pinnacle in the way they practice choice.
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Lifesaving scientific...
I mean -- quite literally, the doorstop. And I asked them and they said, "Oh, we don't actually have electricity, so this piece of junk is good as a doorstop." Centrifuges, for some of you who don't know, are the pinnacle tool to be able to do sample processing.
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Bring on the learning...
We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help to create for us. But, you know, we have become obsessed with this linear narrative. And probably the pinnacle for education is getting you to college.
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Bring on the learning...
We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help to create for us. But, you know, we have become obsessed with this linear narrative. And probably the pinnacle for education is getting you to college.
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
mean by that is that if you've been raised on a diet of mythology that said that you were the exceptional nation the essential nation that you were the at the pinnacle of societal and democratic achievement that somehow another your inheritance
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The incredible...
why AlphaGo was doing what it was doing. And things are moving really fast. I mean, consider -- in the space of a human lifetime, computers have gone from a child's game to what's recognized as the pinnacle of strategic thought.
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Jill Tarter: Why the...
So, one needs a very deep appreciation of the diversity and incredible scale of life on this planet as the first step in preparing to make contact with life elsewhere in the cosmos. We are not the pinnacle of evolution.
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A brain in a supercompute...
actually as the ultimate solution today, of the universe as we know it. It's the pinnacle, it's the final product that the universe has produced. It was so successful in evolution
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Is there a limit to...
Many generations have felt they've reached the pinnacle of technological advancement, yet look back 100 years, and the technologies we take for granted today
Video examples
What's hidden among the...
When Stephen reached the pinnacle, he rested on a platform of crisscrossing branches and needles. Growing in the soil mat was a huckleberry bush with ripe berries! He ate some and waited for his friend. Stephen had discovered a new world hundreds of feet above the ground.
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: The art...
from making the wrong choice. Let's face the way I wanted my tea was inappropriate according to cultural standards, and they were doing their best to help me save face. Americans tend to believe that they've reached some sort of pinnacle in the way they practice choice.
Video examples
Lifesaving scientific...
I mean -- quite literally, the doorstop. And I asked them and they said, "Oh, we don't actually have electricity, so this piece of junk is good as a doorstop." Centrifuges, for some of you who don't know, are the pinnacle tool to be able to do sample processing.
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help to create for us. But, you know, we have become obsessed with this linear narrative. And probably the pinnacle for education is getting you to college.
Video examples
Bring on the learning...
We create our lives symbiotically as we explore our talents in relation to the circumstances they help to create for us. But, you know, we have become obsessed with this linear narrative. And probably the pinnacle for education is getting you to college.
Video examples
LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
mean by that is that if you've been raised on a diet of mythology that said that you were the exceptional nation the essential nation that you were the at the pinnacle of societal and democratic achievement that somehow another your inheritance
Video examples
The incredible...
why AlphaGo was doing what it was doing. And things are moving really fast. I mean, consider -- in the space of a human lifetime, computers have gone from a child's game to what's recognized as the pinnacle of strategic thought.
Video examples
Jill Tarter: Why the...
So, one needs a very deep appreciation of the diversity and incredible scale of life on this planet as the first step in preparing to make contact with life elsewhere in the cosmos. We are not the pinnacle of evolution.
Video examples
A brain in a supercompute...
actually as the ultimate solution today, of the universe as we know it. It's the pinnacle, it's the final product that the universe has produced. It was so successful in evolution
Video examples
Is there a limit to...
Many generations have felt they've reached the pinnacle of technological advancement, yet look back 100 years, and the technologies we take for granted today
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Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
The point of asylum is not to declare to the world what country you think is the pinnacle of civilization. The point of asylum is to find a country that's both willing and able to protect you from political persecution. In no way is asylum an endorsement of a country's politics, laws, or values.
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Patrick Stewart
English Actor
The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me.
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Sandra Bullock
American Actress
Why is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.
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Scottie Pippen
American Athlete
I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.
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John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
At an expense trifling indeed, compared to what she frequently spends upon unprofitable contests, she might place the moral world on a new foundation, and to rise the pinnacle of moral glory.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
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Sam Allardyce
English Businessman
Football is to be enjoyed and I've enjoyed my life in football for many years, it's the pinnacle of my career and I want to enjoy it the most.
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Jason Momoa
American Actor
After 'Game of Thrones,' having a character like that, that's like the pinnacle of your career.
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson
English Athlete
I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
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Philipp Meyer
American Writer
Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments.
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Glenn Greenwald
American Journalist
The point of asylum is not to declare to the world what country you think is the pinnacle of civilization. The point of asylum is to find a country that's both willing and able to protect you from political persecution. In no way is asylum an endorsement of a country's politics, laws, or values.
Quote examples
Patrick Stewart
English Actor
The knights of the theater represented to me not only the pinnacle of the profession but the esteem in which the profession was held. To find myself, to my astonishment, in that company is the grandest thing that has professionally happened to me.
Quote examples
Sandra Bullock
American Actress
Why is marriage the pinnacle for everyone? People get married for the wrong reasons. We need to start looking at different packages, whether it's living together, or being with six partners, or dedicating your life to taking care of flowers.
Quote examples
Scottie Pippen
American Athlete
I've played basketball all of my life, and I've had things happen on the court that you eventually have to move on from. It's part of some of the obstacles that you meet in trying to reach your pinnacle.
Quote examples
John Strachan
Canadian Clergyman
At an expense trifling indeed, compared to what she frequently spends upon unprofitable contests, she might place the moral world on a new foundation, and to rise the pinnacle of moral glory.
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Ben Carson
American Scientist
Every person is endowed with God-given abilities, and we must cultivate every ounce of talent we have in order to maintain our pinnacle position in the world.
Quote examples
Sam Allardyce
English Businessman
Football is to be enjoyed and I've enjoyed my life in football for many years, it's the pinnacle of my career and I want to enjoy it the most.
Quote examples
Jason Momoa
American Actor
After 'Game of Thrones,' having a character like that, that's like the pinnacle of your career.
Quote examples
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
English Athlete
I always said I wanted an Olympic medal. It's the pinnacle of any athlete's career.
Quote examples
Philipp Meyer
American Writer
Cornell changed my life; getting in there was one of my pinnacle moments.
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