Everest
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Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 feet (8,848 meters).
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high point; summit.
The book is an Everest in the field of historical scholarship.
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a male given name.
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Nepalese name: Sagarmatha. Chinese names: Qomolangma, Chomolungma. a mountain in S Asia on the border between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world; first climbed by members of a British-led expedition (1953). Height: established as 8848 m (29 028 ft) for many years, but the latest of a series of more recent reassessments (in 1999), not currently accepted by all authorities or by either of the controlling governments, puts it at 8850 m (29 035 ft)
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any high point of ambition or achievement
Etymology
Origin of Everest
C19: named after Sir G. Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India
Example Sentences
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We really went into that on “Sam’s Town” — we climbed Everest, man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
Give him six months of training and his alpine lineage and preternatural athleticism could have him scaling Everest and snowboarding down it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
Nepal's expert mountain rescue teams -- who regularly aid climbers on the world's highest peaks, including Everest -- are also joining the search for missing people at another damaged hydropower site.
From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026
We live in an age remarkably good at simulating experience: Concerts and fireworks are streamed live, and an Everest summit is rendered in IMAX.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026
In late February 1996, Bryant called to say that there was a place waiting for me on Rob Hall’s upcoming Everest expedition.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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