Everest

UK: /ˈɛvərɪst/ US: (ev′ər ist, ev′rist)

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Ev•er•est  (ev′ər ist, ev′rist), n. 

1. Place Names Mount, a mountain in S Asia, on the boundary between Nepal and Tibet, in the Himalayas: the highest mountain in the world. 29,028 ft. (8848 m).
2. high point;
   summit:
   The book is an Everest in the field of historical scholarship.
3. a male given name.

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Everest / ˈɛvərɪst/ noun

1. 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: 8849 m (29 032 ft)
2. any high point of ambition or achievement

Etymology: 19th Century: named after Sir G. Everest (1790–1866), Surveyor-General of India