PLATEAU


Meaning of PLATEAU in English

(~s, or ~x, ~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

A ~ is a large area of high and fairly flat land.

A broad valley opened up leading to a high, flat ~ of cultivated land.

N-COUNT

2.

If you say that an activity or process has reached a ~, 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 ~...

N-COUNT

3.

If something such as an activity, process, or cost ~s or ~s out, it reaches a stage where there is no further change or development.

Evelyn’s career is accelerating, and mine is ~ing out a bit...

The shares ~ed at 153p.

VERB: V out , V at n

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