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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The $60 million production, paid for the UFC and sponsors, was a logistical Everest, but also the sort of society-shocking stunt that stirs something primal in UFC Barnum Dana White.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026
In Nepal, she traveled to Everest Base Camp to write a dispatch for the Christian Science Monitor on the country's attempts to more closely regulate the mountaineering industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
Five people have died so far in this year's climbing, three of them Nepalis who were involved in the Everest preparations, according to AFP News Agency.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
A Nepali climbing guide who went missing on Mount Everest for six days and was believed dead has been found alive after crawling alone almost to Base Camp, officials told AFP on Thursday.
From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026
Secretly, I dreamed of ascending Everest myself one day; for more than a decade it remained a burning ambition.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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