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Definitions for Plateau
[1] a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
[2] a period or state of little or no growth or decline: to reach a plateau in one's career.
[3] Psychology . a period of little or no apparent progress in an individual's learning, marked by an inability to increase speed, reduce number of errors, etc., and indicated by a horizontal stretch in a learning curve or graph.
[4] a flat stand, as for a centerpiece, sometimes extending the full length of a table.
[5] to reach a state or level of little or no growth or decline, especially to stop increasing or progressing; remain at a stable level of achievement; level off: After a period of uninterrupted growth, sales began to plateau.
[6] to cause to remain at a stable level, especially to prevent from rising or progressing: Rising inflation plateaued sales income.
[7] a wide mainly level area of elevated land
[8] a relatively long period of stability; levelling off the rising prices reached a plateau
[9] to remain at a stable level for a relatively long period
[10] a state of central Nigeria, formed in 1976 from part of Benue-Plateau State: tin mining. Capital: Jos. Pop: 3 178 712 (2006). Area: 30 913 sq km (11 936 sq miles)
Words related to Plateau
plain, elevation, highland, mesa, table, stage, tableland, upland
Words nearby Plateau
plate shop, plate tectonics, plate tracery, plate up, plate-dog, plateau, plateau pulse, plateau's problem, plated, plateful, plateholder
Origin of Plateau
1785–95; < French; Old French platel flat object, diminutive of plat plate1
Word origin for Plateau
C18: from French, from Old French platel something flat, from plat flat; see plate
Synonyms for Plateau
elevation, highland, plain, mesa, stage, table, tableland, upland