Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - plateau
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Plateau
plateau
~ n plural plateaus or plateaux 1 a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it 2 a period during which the level of cost, achievement etc does not change, especially after a period when it was increasing (Inflation rates have reached a plateau. | learning plateaus among 14-year-olds)
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(plateaus, or plateaux, plateaus, plateauing, plateaued) 1. A plateau is a large area of high and fairly flat land. A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat plateau of cultivated land. N-COUNT 2. If you say that an activity or process has reached a plateau, you mean that it has reached a stage where there is no further change or development. The US heroin market now appears to have reached a plateau... N-COUNT 3. If something such as an activity, process, or cost plateaus or plateaus out, it reaches a stage where there is no further change or development. Evelyn’s career is accelerating, and mine is plateauing out a bit... The shares plateaued at 153p. VERB: V out, V at n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun (plural ~s or ~x) Etymology: French, from Middle French, platter, from plat flat Date: 1796 1. a. a usually extensive land area having a relatively level surface raised sharply above adjacent land on at least one side ; tableland b. a similar undersea feature 2. a. a region of little or no change in a graphic representation b. a relatively stable level, period, or condition 3. a level of attainment or achievement the 500-point ~ II. intransitive verb Date: 1939 to reach a level, period, or condition of stability or maximum attainment ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. (pl. plateaux or plateaus) 1 an area of fairly level high ground. 2 a state of little variation after an increase. --v.intr. (plateaus, plateaued) (often foll. by out) reach a level or stable state after an increase. Etymology: F f. OF platel dimin. of plat flat surface ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. геогр. плато, плоская возвышенность, плоскогорье 2. прочное, высокое положение 3. мат. горизонтальный участок (кривой); отсутствие роста, стабилизация 4. ист. срединник (украшение для обеденного стола); декоративное блюдо 5. ист. плоская брошь 6. дамская шляпка с плоской тульей ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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