Everest

[ev-er-ist, ev-rist]

noun

1. 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).

2. high point; summit.

   The book is an Everest in the field of historical scholarship.

3. a male given name.

Everest

/ ˈɛvərɪst /

noun

1. 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)

2. any high point of ambition or achievement

Word History and Origins

Origin of Everest¹

C19: named after Sir G. Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India

Example Sentences

While this mycological Nepal adventure peaks at Everest Base Camp, the real action takes place in the forests on its lower slopes on the way up.

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Kanchha Sherpa, the last surviving member of the first expedition to successfully scale the summit of Mount Everest, has died in the Nepali capital Kathmandu, aged 92.

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Hundreds now follow in his footsteps to the summit of Everest each year, fuelling a multimillion-dollar mountaineering industry.

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Clear skies, calm winds and a panoramic view of Himalayan peaks draped in snow - that is the autumn hikers on Mount Everest have come to love.

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Non-stop snow, instant noodles and yaks: tales of being trapped on Everest.

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