If someone reaches the pinnacle of their career or the pinnacle of a particular area of life, they are at the highest point of it.
What does it mean to reach a pinnacle?
It comes from the late Latin word pinnāculum, meaning “gable” (the triangular part at the peak of a roof), from the Latin pinna, meaning “wing.” When you reach the pinnacle of a mountain or your career, you are at the highest point—you can't go any higher.
How do you use pinnacle in a sentence?
Pinnacle sentence example
- This was the pinnacle of my happiness, from which I was in a little while dashed to earth. ...
- On the same side of the Great Valley, south of the Potomac, are the Pinnacle (3007 ft.) ...
- You have now reached the pinnacle of your career.
