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high point

high point noun: a climax; the best time in a given period.

Noun

high point (plural high points)

  1. A climax; the best time in a given period.
    • This has been the high point of my life.
    Antonyms:
    low point
  2. The point of the highest elevation in a given area.
    • Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,” in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Mount Lindsey.2008, Susan Joy Paul, Climbing Colorado's Mountains, Guilford, CT: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 141
  3. · or · (the Greek punctuation mark used for a medium pause like a semicolon ; the Ancient Greek punctuation mark used for the end of a sentence like a full stop, then for a medium pause like a semicolon).
    • A more regular system was developed in the schools of Alexandria, its invention being ascribed to Aristophanes of Byzantium (260 B.C.). This was the use of the full point with certain values in certain positions (θέσεις) : the high point (στιγμὴ τελεία), equivalent to a full stop; the point on the...1893, Edward M. Thompson, Handbook of Greek and Latin Palaeography, New York: D. Appleton and Co., page 70
    • The point at the top of the line (·) (στιγμὴ τελεία, ‘high point’) was a full stop; that on the line (.) (ὑποστιγμή) was equal to our semicolon, while a middle point (στιγμὴ μέση) was equivalent to our comma. But gradually changes came over these stops till the top point was equal to our colon, the...1914, A. T. Robertson, A grammar of the Greek New Testament in the light of historical research, page 242

Proper noun capitalized: High Point

High Point

  1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Hernando County, Florida.
  2. An unincorporated community in Palm Beach County, Florida.
  3. A neighbourhood of Atlanta, Georgia.
  4. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walker County, Georgia.
  5. A township in Decatur County, Iowa.
  6. An unincorporated community in Moniteau County, Missouri.
  7. A city mostly in Guilford County, North Carolina.
  8. A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
  9. An unincorporated community in King County, Washington.
  10. The name of a number of high points (summits, hills, mountains) in various places.

high point meaning in Tamil

high point in Tamil

உச்சகட்டம்

Synonyms of high point

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Antonyms

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Forms of high point

pluralhigh points
alternative formhighpoint

Words formed from high point

Questions about high point

What does high point mean?
High point means a climax; the best time in a given period.
What is high point in Tamil?
High point in Tamil is உச்சகட்டம். See High point meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is high point?
High point can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of high point?
The plural of high point is high points.

Words near high point in the dictionary

  1. high pillow
  2. high pillows
  3. high place
  4. high places
  5. High Plains
  6. high point
  7. high points
  8. high politics
  9. high priest
  10. high priestess
  11. high priestesses

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