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plateau
Meaning: a stage where progress levels off after a period of improvement
plateau in a sentence
How plateau is used in real sentences:
After losing ten pounds quickly, her weight loss hit a plateau that lasted for weeks.
Ticket sales for the new movie hit a plateau in its third week, neither rising nor falling much.
“Weeks before opening, visitor testing reached a plateau: comprehension had risen steadily, then stopped improving despite brighter labels and larger type.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for plateau
Other words for plateau — standstill, lull and stagnation — carry the same meaning.
- standstill
- lull
- stagnation
Antonyms of plateau
Words that mean the opposite of plateau:
- surge
Where it comes from
From French plateau 'flat area, platter'
Memory hook
PLATEAU sounds like PLATE — flat like a plate, progress goes flat too.