plateau
[noun]
Synonyms:
- upland, highland, table, tableland
- levelling off, level, stability, stage

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Contrasted words: dale, glen, vale, valley, bottom, bottomland, lowland
Related Words: mesa

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I. plat‧eau¹ /ˈplætəʊ $ plæˈtoʊ/ noun (plural plateaus or plateaux /-təʊz $ -ˈtoʊz/) [countable]
[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: Old French platel 'flat piece of metal', from plat; ⇒ plate¹]

1. a large area of flat land that is higher than the land around it

2. a period during which the level of something does not change, especially after a period when it was increasing:
Inflation rates have reached a plateau.

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II. plateau² verb [intransitive]
if something plateaus, it reaches and then stays at a particular level:
The athletic footwear market has not yet plateaued.

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plateau
noun
ADJ. high | broad, rolling, vast | central
VERB + PLATEAU reach (figurative) The children's standard of reading seems to have reached a plateau (= they are not making any more progress).
PLATEAU + VERB overlook sth
PREP. across a/the ~ A terrible storm swept across the plateau.

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