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plateauing

plateauing is the present participle and gerund of plateau.

Meaning of plateau

Verb

plateau (third-person singular simple present plateaus, present participle plateauing, simple past and past participle plateaued)

  1. (intransitive) To reach a stable level after a period of increase; to level off.
    • Mr. [Jensen] Huang is nevertheless correct. Adoption has plateaued.2026 February 21, David Streitfeld, “People Loved the Dot-Com Boom. The A.I. Boom, Not So Much.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

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Questions about plateauing

What is plateauing the present participle and gerund of?
Plateauing is the present participle and gerund of plateau.

Words near plateauing in the dictionary

  1. plateau pika
  2. plateau pikas
  3. Plateau's law
  4. Plateau's laws
  5. plateaued
  6. plateauing
  7. plateaulike
  8. plateaus
  9. plateaux
  10. plateband
  11. platebands

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