acme

American  

[ak-mee] / ˈæk mi /

noun

1. the highest point; summit; peak.

   The empire was at the acme of its power.

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acme British  

/ ˈækmɪ /

noun

1. the culminating point, as of achievement or excellence; summit; peak

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Other Word Forms

• acmatic adjective
• acmic adjective

Etymology

Origin of acme

First recorded in 1560–70, from Greek akmḗ “point, highest point, extremity”

Example Sentences

The 65-year gap between the song’s original release and its acme position is the longest in history, according to Billboard.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2023

“This will be the acme of Pax Sinica,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 10, 2022

There, conversation among thinkers fizzing with originality had its acme in a club founded in 1764 by the dictionary-maker Samuel Johnson and the portrait painter Joshua Reynolds.

From New York Times • Apr. 5, 2019

But within the film’s logic, its 1999 is the Matrix, the delusion, the acme of all ideology.

From Salon • Jul. 15, 2018

The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah