high tidenoun
uk/ˌhaɪ ˈtaɪd/us/ˌhaɪ ˈtaɪd/high tide noun (SEA/RIVER)
[ C or U ] also high water the time when the sea or a river reaches its highest level and comes furthest up the beach or the bank
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Floods, tides & currents
- backwash
- change
- come
- current
- ebb
- eddy
- flooded
- floodgate
- flooding
- floodplain
- high water mark
- inundate
- low-water mark
- neap tide
- overfall
- tidal
- undertow
- water
- waterlogged
- whirlpool
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high tide noun (SUCCESSFUL POINT)
[ S ] UK Something's high tide is its most successful point:
The signing of the peace treaty was the high tide of her presidency.
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Higher and lower points of achievement
- apex
- apogee
- capstone
- climax
- consummation
- glory days
- height
- heyday
- high point
- high water mark
- Indian summer
- nadir
- peak
- plumb
- rock bottom
- the acme
- trough
- vertex
- zenith
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