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plateau
[pla-toh, plat-oh]
noun
plural
plateaus, plateauxa land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
a period or state of little or no growth or decline.
to reach a plateau in one's career.
Psychology.a period of little or no apparent progress in an individual's learning, marked by an inability to increase speed, reduce number of errors, etc., and indicated by a horizontal stretch in a learning curve or graph.
a flat stand, as for a centerpiece, sometimes extending the full length of a table.
verb (used without object)
to reach a state or level of little or no growth or decline, especially to stop increasing or progressing; remain at a stable level of achievement; level off.
After a period of uninterrupted growth, sales began to plateau.
verb (used with object)
to cause to remain at a stable level, especially to prevent from rising or progressing.
Rising inflation plateaued sales income.
Plateau
1/ ˈæəʊ /
noun
a state of central Nigeria, formed in 1976 from part of Benue-Plateau State: tin mining. Capital: Jos. Pop: 3178712 (2006). Area: 30913 sq km (11 936 sq miles)
plateau
2/ ˈæəʊ /
noun
a wide mainly level area of elevated land
a relatively long period of stability; levelling off
the rising prices reached a plateau
verb
to remain at a stable level for a relatively long period
plateau
An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land. Plateaus make up about 45 percent of the Earth's land surface.
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of plateau1
Example Sentences
Foothills and valleys, groves and canyons, even the mesas, plateaus and plains of the Sierra and the Central Valley — Lehrer calls all of it a “choreography of place.”
At the same time, demand for electric vehicles is plateauing as the market gets saturated, Brauer said.
She was stranded about 20 to 30 feet from the plateau.
A queen is like one of the highest plateaus and marks that you can possibly make, but I can tell you that my standards are extremely high.
After plateauing for a while, it continued to fall, reaching a low point in mid-2013 that was 35% down from its highest.
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