Betydelse av plateau på svenska

• 0 a large flat area of land that is high above sea level

• 1 a period during which there are no large changes:

  • The US death rate reached a plateau in the 1960s, before declining suddenly.

• 2 to reach a particular level and then stay the same:

  • I'd been losing about a pound a week on my diet, but recently I've plateaued and haven't lost an ounce.

  • The economic slowdown has caused our sales to plateau.

• 3 a large, flat area of land that is higher than the land around it

  • The crime rate in the city reached a plateau in the 1980s and then declined.

• 4 to reach a level and stay there, rather than rising or falling:

  • The population increase is expected to plateau in the year 2007.

• 5 a level beyond which business activities, sales, profits, etc. no longer develop or increase, especially after a period of rapid growth:

  • reach/hit a plateau Do you believe that the number of people using the internet has now reached a plateau?

• 6 to stop developing or increasing, especially after a period of rapid growth:

  • Analysts believe the market will plateau within the next five years in line with demographic trends.

  • start/begin to plateau Sales of new cars have begun to plateau after three years of record growth.