| Front | Plateau |
|---|---|
| Back | A large, flat area of land that is higher than the land around it. A plateau is also a period during which there are no big changes. To stop growing or increasing. Sales of computers have plateaued in recent years. The crime rate in the city reached a plateau in the 1980s and then declined. After several years of rapid growth, the company is now at a plateau. [=it has stopped growing] Most of us plateau when we lose the tension between where we are and where we ought to be. |
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