the highest point; point of culmination; peak
Origin of acme
Classical Greek akm?, a point, top, age of maturity from Indo-European base an unverified form a?-: see acid
noun
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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noun
The highest point, as of achievement or development: reached the acme of her career. See Synonyms at summit.
Origin of acme
Greek akmē ; see ak- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural acmes)
- The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
- (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
- Mature age; full bloom of life.
Origin
From Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmē, “point, top”).
Proper noun
- (fiction) A generic large company or corporation.
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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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Just as "Uncle's" pickled mushrooms, honey, and cherry brandy had seemed to her the best in the world, so also that song, at that moment, seemed to her the acme of musical delight.
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