the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success" 成長、発達、または展開すると考えられる事の頂点。
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【上位】 an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" 肝心な時に起こるでき事。
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the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide); "a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare 水が中に入ってくること（干潮と次の満潮の間に）。
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