EVEREST Definition & Meaning

Everest

[ ev-er-ist, ev-rist ]

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noun

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).
high point; summit:
The book is an Everest in the field of historical scholarship.
a male given name.

Everest

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noun

Mount Everest
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) Nepalese nameSagarmatha Chinese namesQomolangmaChomolungma
any high point of ambition or achievement

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of Everest¹

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

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Nepal is home to eight of the world's 14 highest mountains - including Everest - but, while Grayson is hoping to hit new heights with Lalitpur, he is happy to give the thrill-seeking a miss.

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It doesn't necessarily feel different to think that Mount Everest is the highest mountain in the world and to believe that Ukraine was responsible for Russia invading it.

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These days, we need more gumption and electrolytes to check CNN than we do to climb Everest.

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Mr Cook said he expected to climb the equivalent of approximately 10 Mount Everests in elevation over approximately the next 10 weeks.

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"They said it was like climbing Everest with no practice – my body just shut down."

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