Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The highest point, as of achievement or development: synonym: summit.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The top or highest point; the furthest point attained; the utmost reach.
- noun The maturity or perfection of an animal.
- noun In medicine: The height or crisis of a disease. Another, and probably the correct, form of
acne . - noun In zoology, a genus of land-shells.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The top or highest point; the culmination.
- noun (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease.
- noun Mature age; full bloom of life.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The top or
highest point;pinnacle ;culmination . - noun medicine The
crisis or height of adisease . - noun Mature age; full bloom of life. - Ben Jonson
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the highest point (of something)
- noun the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Along with his hopes of making Astana a world-class capital, Nazarbayev has also proposed the creation of a new universal currency, called the akmetal from the Greek word acme to replace the dollar in international commerce, a sort of monetary Esperanto.
Slate Magazine Joshua Kucera 2011
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He first called for the creation of a worldwide currency, to be called "acmetal" - a combination of "acme," a Greek word meaning the peak or the best, and "capital" - in an article published last month.
FP Passport 2009
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He first called for the creation of a worldwide currency, to be called "acmetal" - a combination of "acme," a Greek word meaning the peak or the best, and "capital" - in an article published last month.
FP Passport 2009
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He first called for the creation of a world-wide currency, to be called "acmetal" _ a combination of "acme," a Greek word meaning the peak or the best, and "capital" _ in an article published last month.
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He first called for the creation of a worldwide currency, to be called "acmetal" - a combination of "acme," a Greek word meaning the peak or the best, and "capital" - in an article published last month.
FP Passport 2009
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He first called for the creation of a worldwide currency, to be called "acmetal" - a combination of "acme," a Greek word meaning the peak or the best, and "capital" - in an article published last month.
FP Passport 2009
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Daring Fireball 2009
spicolli commented on the word acme
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April 15, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word acme
Does anybody else hear acme and think anvil?
June 20, 2007
slumry commented on the word acme
I'm afraid I hear acme and think acne.. . always have
June 20, 2007
reesetee commented on the word acme
I hear acme and think Wile E. Coyote. ;-)
June 20, 2007