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crowning achievement

crowning achievement noun: the most important or glorious achievement.

Noun

crowning achievement (plural crowning achievements)

  1. The most important or glorious achievement.
    • Arago produced the electro-magnet, Seebeck the thermo-pile and in 1831, as the crowning achievement of all, Faraday announced that he had obtained electricity from a magnet, thus discovering the principle of that wonderful engine - the dynamo, and inaugurating a new era both in scientific research...1915, Nikola Tesla, The Wonder World to Be Created by Electricity

Forms of crowning achievement

pluralcrowning achievements

Questions about crowning achievement

What does crowning achievement mean?
Crowning achievement means the most important or glorious achievement.
What part of speech is crowning achievement?
Crowning achievement is a noun.
What is the plural of crowning achievement?
The plural of crowning achievement is crowning achievements.

Words near crowning achievement in the dictionary

  1. crownets
  2. crowngall
  3. crowngrass
  4. crowngrasses
  5. crowning
  6. crowning achievement
  7. crowning achievements
  8. crowning glory
  9. crowning it all
  10. crowningly
  11. crownings

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