She was on the cusp of a breakthrough when the fire alarm went off.
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Cusp
//kʌsp//
Synonyms for "cusp" (18 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 22 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- връх noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- повратна точка noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- преломен момент noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- рог noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
Catalan
1 entries- cúspide noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
Czech
4 entries- bod zlomu noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
- hrot noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- kritický okamžik noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- okamžik zlomu noun (important moment when a decision is made)
Dutch
2 entries- piek noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- spits noun (sharp point or pointed end)
Esperanto
1 entries- kuspo noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
Finnish
4 entries- kuspi noun (in dentistry)
- kärki noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- kärki noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
- kärki noun (in astrology)
French
3 entries- cuspide noun (in astrology)
- cuspide noun (in dentistry)
- point de rebroussement noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
German
3 entries- Scheitelpunkt noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- Spitze noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- Wendepunkt noun (important moment when a decision is made)
Greek
3 entries- αιχμή noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- ακμή noun (in astrology)
- φύμα noun (in dentistry)
Hungarian
1 entries- fordulópont noun (important moment when a decision is made)
Irish
4 entries- cuspa noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- cuspa noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- cuspa noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
- cuspa noun (in astrology)
Italian
4 entries- acme noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- apogeo noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- colmo noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- culmine noun (important moment when a decision is made)
Macedonian
1 entries- врв noun (sharp point or pointed end)
Persian
1 entries- جزء noun (in astrology)
Polish
4 entries- guzek noun (in dentistry)
- przełom noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- punkt noun (in astrology)
- skraj noun (important moment when a decision is made)
Portuguese
4 entries- cúspide noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- cúspide noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
- cúspide noun (in astrology)
- cúspide noun (in dentistry)
Romanian
1 entries- cuspid noun (in dentistry)
Russian
3 entries- ко́нчик noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- остриё noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- пик noun (sharp point or pointed end)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- prelomna tȍčka noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- prelomni trenútak noun (important moment when a decision is made)
- vȑh noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- вр̏х noun (sharp point or pointed end)
Spanish
4 entries- cúspide noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- cúspide noun (point of a curve where it has no tangent)
- cúspide noun (in astrology)
- cúspide noun (in dentistry)
Swedish
4 entries- egg noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- pigg noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- pik noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- spets noun (sharp point or pointed end)
Ukrainian
2 entries- ві́стря noun (sharp point or pointed end)
- пік noun (sharp point or pointed end)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
We are on the cusp of a big breakthrough.
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We're on the cusp of summer now.
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We are standing at the cusp of an incredible opportunity.
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