Acme meaning

ăk'mē
The definition of an acme is the apex or highest point of achievement.

An example of acme would be the top of a mountain.

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The highest point, as of achievement or development.

Reached the acme of her career.

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The highest point; point of culmination; peak.
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The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
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(medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
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Mature age; full bloom of life.

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(fiction) A generic large company or corporation.
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Origin of acme

Greek akmē ak- in Indo-European roots

Sentence Examples

  • The succeeding century Brought the Empire to the acme of its power, until Henry III.

  • The whole universe, however, was incomplete, and did not receive its finishing stroke till man was formed, who is the acme of the creation and the microcosm.

  • The acme of the early prosperity of Austria was reached reigned from 1194 to 1230.

  • The quarrel with the margraves, however, did not interfere with the growth of the town's prosperity, which reached its acme in the 16th century.

  • It first became a flourishing place under the Normans and during the crusades, but attained the acme of its prosperity as a seat of trade with the East under the Angevin princes.

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