Zenith

/zˈɛnɪθ/

/ˈzinəθ/, /ˈzinɪθ/

[noun]

Zenith

[NOUN]

the highest point that a certain celestial body reaches, directly above an observer

antonyms : nadir

a period during which someone or something reaches their most successful point

Examples

1. Woolf's personification of Big Ben as a masculine source of authority, therefore reaches its zenith in its presentation of Bradshaw, the psychiatrist.

2. There, his power is at its zenith.

3. In England, the 860s are the zenith of their destruction.

4. Imagine this place at its zenith: the ceremonial headquarters of the Persian Empire.