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HIGH POINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does high point mean? 

HIGH POINT (noun)
  The noun HIGH POINT has 1 sense:

1. the most enjoyable part of a given experienceplay

  Familiarity information: HIGH POINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIGH POINT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The most enjoyable part of a given experience

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

the trumpet solo was the high point of the concert

Hypernyms ("high point" is a kind of...):

division; part; section (one of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole)

Holonyms ("high point" is a part of...):

experience (an event as apprehended)


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