pinnacle
noun/ˈpɪnəkl/
/ˈpɪnəkl/
- [usually singular] pinnacle of something the most important or successful part of something
- the pinnacle of her career
- He spent more than twenty years at the pinnacle of his profession.
- Formula One is the pinnacle of motor racing.
- She is at the pinnacle of her profession.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pinnacle- reach
- at the pinnacle of
- a small pointed stone decoration built on the roof of a building
- We could just make out the pinnacles of the cathedral in the distance.
- a high pointed piece of rock, especially at the top of a mountainTopics Geographyc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna ‘wing, point’.
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