| NOUN | event | flood tide, climax | the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding |
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| event | flood tide, flood, rising tide | the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide) |
| Meaning | The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. | |
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| Example | "in the flood tide of his success" | |
| Synonym | climax | |
| Broader | juncture, occasion | An event that occurs at a critical time |
| Spanish | apogeo | |
| Meaning | The occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide). | |
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| Synonyms | flood, rising tide | |
| Broader | tide | The periodic rise and fall of the sea level under the gravitational pull of the moon |
| Opposite | ebbtide | The tide while water is flowing out |
| Spanish | marea creciente | |
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