Meaning of "plateau" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLATEAU

From French, from Old French platel something flat, from plat flat.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF PLATEAU

plateau  [ˈplætəʊ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLATEAU

Plateau is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb plateau in English.

WHAT DOES PLATEAU MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plateau

In geology and earth science, a plateau, also called a high plain or tableland, is an area of highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain.

Definition of plateau in the English dictionary

The first definition of plateau in the dictionary is a wide mainly level area of elevated land. Other definition of plateau is a relatively long period of stability; levelling off. Plateau is also to remain at a stable level for a relatively long period.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PLATEAU

PRESENT

Present

I plateau

you plateau

he/she/it plateaus

we plateau

you plateau

they plateau

Present continuous

I am plateauing

you are plateauing

he/she/it is plateauing

we are plateauing

you are plateauing

they are plateauing

Present perfect

I have plateaued

you have plateaued

he/she/it has plateaued

we have plateaued

you have plateaued

they have plateaued

Present perfect continuous

I have been plateauing

you have been plateauing

he/she/it has been plateauing

we have been plateauing

you have been plateauing

they have been plateauing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I plateaued

you plateaued

he/she/it plateaued

we plateaued

you plateaued

they plateaued

Past continuous

I was plateauing

you were plateauing

he/she/it was plateauing

we were plateauing

you were plateauing

they were plateauing

Past perfect

I had plateaued

you had plateaued

he/she/it had plateaued

we had plateaued

you had plateaued

they had plateaued

Past perfect continuous

I had been plateauing

you had been plateauing

he/she/it had been plateauing

we had been plateauing

you had been plateauing

they had been plateauing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will plateau

you will plateau

he/she/it will plateau

we will plateau

you will plateau

they will plateau

Future continuous

I will be plateauing

you will be plateauing

he/she/it will be plateauing

we will be plateauing

you will be plateauing

they will be plateauing

Future perfect

I will have plateaued

you will have plateaued

he/she/it will have plateaued

we will have plateaued

you will have plateaued

they will have plateaued

Future perfect continuous

I will have been plateauing

you will have been plateauing

he/she/it will have been plateauing

we will have been plateauing

you will have been plateauing

they will have been plateauing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would plateau

you would plateau

he/she/it would plateau

we would plateau

you would plateau

they would plateau

Conditional continuous

I would be plateauing

you would be plateauing

he/she/it would be plateauing

we would be plateauing

you would be plateauing

they would be plateauing

Conditional perfect

I would have plateau

you would have plateau

he/she/it would have plateau

we would have plateau

you would have plateau

they would have plateau

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been plateauing

you would have been plateauing

he/she/it would have been plateauing

we would have been plateauing

you would have been plateauing

they would have been plateauing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you plateau
we let´s plateau
you plateau

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to plateau

Past participle

plateaued

Present Participle

plateauing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «PLATEAU»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «plateau» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of plateau

highland · level · mesa · stability · stage · table · tableland · upland

TRANSLATION OF PLATEAU

Find out the translation of plateau to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plateau from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plateau» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 高原
• Translator English - Spanish: meseta
• English: plateau
• Translator English - Hindi: पठार
• Translator English - Arabic: الهضبة
• Translator English - Russian: плато
• Translator English - Portuguese: planalto
• Translator English - Bengali: মালভূমি
• Translator English - French: plateau
• Translator English - Malay: Dataran tinggi
• Translator English - German: Hochebene
• Translator English - Japanese: 高原
• Translator English - Korean: 고원
• Translator English - Javanese: Dhataran dhuwur
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cao nguyên
• Translator English - Tamil: பீடபூமி
• Translator English - Marathi: पठार
• Translator English - Turkish: yayla
• Translator English - Italian: altopiano
• Translator English - Polish: plateau
• Translator English - Ukrainian: плато
• Translator English - Romanian: platou
• Translator English - Greek: οροπέδιο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: plato
• Translator English - Swedish: platå
• Translator English - Norwegian: platå

10 QUOTES WITH «PLATEAU»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plateau.

1

Jeff Beck

If you were to plot my success or failure, it goes, it very seldom stays on a high plateau.

2

Emanuel Celler

Our population is headed for a stable plateau, which means an aging population.

3

Tracey Emin

Women, at 50, are on a plateau with their careers, but later they ascend.

4

Irving Fisher

Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.

5

Bill Murray

I think midlife crisis is just a point where people's careers have reached some plateau and they have to reflect on their personal relationships.

6

Aaron Paul

'Breaking Bad' was such a high plateau.

7

Dan Rather

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

8

Julian Sands

As a fortysomething actor, you reach a plateau of maturity from which you can really get stuck in.

9

W. Clement Stone

Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.

10

Neil Strauss

Almost everyone who reaches a plateau where he or she is happy and comfortable says it's because of finding balance between work, relaxation, exercise, socialising and family - plus some alone time to do something contemplative, creative, or educational.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLATEAU»

Discover the use of plateau in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plateau and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Plateau Effect: Getting from Stuck to Success

The book identifies three key flattening forces that generate plateaus, two principles to guide readers in engineering a plateau’s destruction, and three actions to take to achieve peak behavior.

Bob Sullivan, Hugh Thompson, 2013

Fire on the Plateau: Conflict And Endurance In The American ...

"This book recounts my journey through the Colorado Plateau, a journey through place and time and self.

Charles F. Wilkinson, 2004

Ancient landscapes of the Colorado plateau

Ancient Landscapes of the Colorado Plateau is the first book to showcase Blakey's remarkable work. His maps are accompanied by text by Wayne Ranney, geologist and award-winning author of Carving Grand Canyon.

Ronald C. Blakey, Wayne Ranney, 2008

Plateau Indians and the Quest for Spiritual Power, 1700-1850

Fusing myriad primary and secondary sources, historian Larry Cebula offers a compelling master narrative of the impact of Christianity on the Columbian Plateau peoples in the Pacific Northwest from 1700 to 1850. ¯ For the Native peoples of ...

Larry Cebula

Dreamer-Prophets of the Columbia Plateau: Smohalla and Skolaskin

Smohalla died of old age in 1894. Modern Dreamers of the Columbia plateau still celebrate the Feast of the New Foods in springtime as did their spiritual ancestors. This book contains rare modern photographs of their Washat dances.

Robert H. Ruby, John A. Brown, 2002

Atlas of Orthopaedic Surgery: A Multimedia Reference

These forces drive the femoral condyle into the tibial plateau, producing a spectrum of fracture patterns. Fracture fragment size, location, and displacement are determined by the direction, magnitude, and location of the generated force, as well ...

Joseph David Zuckerman, Kenneth J. Koval, 2004

The Colorado Plateau II: Biophysical, Socioeconomic, and ...

With broad coverage that touches on topics as diverse as movement patterns of rattlesnakes, calculating watersheds, and rescuing looted rockshelters, this volume stands as a compendium of cutting-edge research on the Colorado Plateau that ...

Charles Van Riper, David John Mattson, 2005

The Impact of Seleucid Decline on the Eastern Iranian ...

In order to determine a more coherent picture of this relatively obscure and largely misunderstood history, Lerner disentangles from the various literary traditions from the individuals and events to which they relate.

Jeffrey D. Lerner, 1999

Mountain Geoecology and Sustainable Development of the ...

The plateau therefore becomes a sensitive area of climate change in Asian monsoon region, which is closely related to the global change. As a special physical unit, its ecosystems occupy a prominent position in the world.

Du Zheng, Qingsong Zhang, Shaohong Wu, 2000

Panarchy on the Plateau: Modeling Prehistoric Settlement ...

A wide range of theories -- resilience theory and the study of complex adaptive systems, for example -- are advancing our understanding of anthropological systems.

Brandon Michael Gabler, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLATEAU»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plateau is used in the context of the following news items.

Plateau Uranium Commences Updated Preliminary Economic …

Ted O'Connor, CEO of Plateau Uranium, commented: "We are excited to have started work on updating the PEA for the Macusani plateau ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»

Plateau Government sets up independent committee to investigate …

Kaduna-explosion Following Chlorine explosion at a water treatment plant in Jos the Plateau State Capital, which killed 8 persons and left over ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Jul 15»

Plateau: Gov Lalong Clears Salaries, Pension Arrears – Official

The director general, Research, Strategic Planing and Documentation, to Plateau State government, Prof. John Wade has disclosed that in less ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»

Attack: 2 Feared Killed In Plateau Village

Two people were feared killed in Rarin Sho village of Riyom local government area of Plateau State. LEADERSHIP investigation revealed that ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»

First View of Weird Rock Beneath Tibetan Plateau Revealed by …

This shaded relief map shows the rock deep beneath the Tibetan Plateau, with colors indicating kilometers below Earth's surface. «Yahoo News, Jul 15»

Plateau Election Tribunal Adjourns Hearing

imo tribunal The Plateau State Election Petition Tribunal has adjourned till July 28 and 29 the anticipated substantive hearing expected to ... «CHANNELS TELEVISION, Jul 15»

Gov Lalong Appoints Sheikh Jingir Plateau Amirul Hajj

Gov Simon Lalong of Plateau on Sunday appointed Sheikh Sani Yahaya Jingir as the state's Amirul Hajj to this year's Muslim pilgrimage to ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»

Op-ed: Order to test water at Tavaputs Plateau is a win for science

When fossil fuel prices recover, and applications begin again to roll in for novel processes to extract hydrocarbons from the Tavaputs Plateau, ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»

Satellites Peer into Rock 50 Miles beneath Himalayas to Create …

Topography (left) and a shaded relief map (right) of the rock deep beneath the Tibetan Plateau. Color indicates kilometers below Earth's ... «Scientific Computing, Jul 15»

Plateau lawmakers exchange blows at stormy session

The sitting of the Plateau state House of Assembly was on Thursday disrupted when lawmakers physically attacked each other before the ... «Premium Times, Jul 15»