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nounthe highest point; summit; peak: The empire was at the acme of its power. Origin of acmeFirst recorded in 1610–20, acme is from the Greek word akmḗ point, highest point, extremity OTHER WORDS FROM acmeac·mic [ak-mik], /ˈæk mɪk/, ac·mat·ic [ak-mat-ik], /ækˈmæt ɪk/, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH acmeacme , acneWords nearby acmeaclinic line, closed book, a, A.C.L.S., ACLU, ACM, acme, acmeism, acme screw thread, acmesthesia, acmite, acne Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for acmeThe team behind Indochine and Acme is also opening Tijuana Picnic in the LES sometime this month. Who to See and Where to be Seen: The Hot Tips for New York Fashion Week|Barbara Ragghianti|September 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST He is the acme of political correctness (notwithstanding the odd drone directed at “AfPak”). Mr. Politically Correct Obama, Meet Your Opposite, India’s Mr. Modi|Tunku Varadarajan|May 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST I did comedy sketches of her at ACME, but she was known as ‘The Other Mrs. Gabor’ then. ‘Family Guy’ Star Alex Borstein Is Ready for Her HBO Close-Up|Marlow Stern|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST But Sanjay seems today like an adumbration, rather than the acme, of authoritarian possibilities in India. Hold Onto Your Penis|David Frum, Justin Green|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST
ACME has a mousetrap division that is not performing very well. Capital Gains: Answering Krugman and Bernstein|David Frum|January 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST This sonata marks the consummation of his evolution toward the acme of powerful expression. Edward MacDowell|Lawrence Gilman In 1832, he reached the acme of his ambition, by being returned to the first reformed Parliament for the borough of Oldham. Sketches of Reforms and Reformers, of Great Britain and Ireland|Henry B. Stanton There would appear then to be some hope that the acme or climax of overcrowding has been passed. The Sanitary Evolution of London|Henry Lorenzo Jephson It contained red plush furniture, which embodied the acme of good taste at the time of the Franco-Prussian War. The Song of Songs|Hermann Sudermann Struggle into existence, growth and development, acme and decline, follow in rapid succession. A Manual of the Historical Development of Art|G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi
British Dictionary definitions for acme
nounthe culminating point, as of achievement or excellence; summit; peak Word Origin for acmeC16: from Greek akmē Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to acmeculmination, apogee, zenith, top, vertex, height, summit, peak, meridian, climax, ultimate, capstone, optimum, high point |