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Zenith

Noun CEFR B1
ˈzɛn.ɪθ

Definitions

  1. The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
  2. The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
  3. Highest point or state; peak.
    broadly

Equivalents

Españolapogeocenitzenit
Françaiszénith
DeutschZenit
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Examples

“The 12 day wee had the wind high and large ſo that in two dayes ſaile we made the Sunne our Zenith or verticall point⟳[…]”
“In this 10th m. appeared that prodigious Comett the tayl whereof was like⟳ the blade of a double⟳ edged sword, and reached almost from the horizon to the zenith.”
“In the east a pillar of cloud reared from horizon to zenith, with a kind of arm outstretched like⟳ a threatening colossus.”
“[…] in the middle of the day, when the sun was in the zenith, the violence of the heat was too great to stir⟳ out […]”
“As far to the west as Monica could see⟳, her world was a sea of fog, […]. Above it arched a cerulean sky; as the sun climbed to the zenith, […], the fog gradually took on a bluish tinge.”
“Winning the continental championship was the zenith of my career.”
“I find⟳ my zenith doth depend⟳ upon / A most auspicious star.”
“It was during those civil troubles […] this aspiring family reached the zenith.”
“"There for a while I enjoyed myself in the zenith of glory and pleasure."”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

zenith sector zenith telescope Zenithal Zenithal Hourly Rate zenithal passage Zeniths

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