Acme

Quick meaning: Acme is a noun meaning A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.

Meaning

A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.

More Meanings

1. A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.
2. (euphemistic) Sexual orgasm.
3. (medicine) Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
4. Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format.
5. (rare) Full bloom or reproductive maturity.

Example Sentences

The very acme and pitch of life for epic poesy.

The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.

He must be one that can instruct your youth, And keep your acme in the state of truth

The Latin tong, euen whan it was, as the Grecians say, in ακμη, that is, at the hiest pitch of all perfitenesse.

Word Forms

• acmes

Synonyms for acme

Depending on context, synonyms include apex, zenith, apogee, apotheosis, ascendance, capstone.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinnacle, peak, superlative, height, elevation, top.

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