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[ UK /ˈækmi/ ]
[ UK /ˈækmi/ ]
NOUN
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the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
at the height of her career
the peak of perfection
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
at the top of his profession
summer was at its peak
...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
so many highest superlatives achieved by man
the summit of his ambition
the artist's gifts are at their acme -
the highest point (of something)
at the peak of the pyramid
How To Use acme In A Sentence
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- Until the climax of the sexual erethism, woman is for man the acme of supreme desire; but with detumescence the emotions tend to swing to the opposite pole, and excitement and longing are forgotten in the mood of repugnance and exhaustion. Taboo and Genetics A Study of the Biological, Sociological and Psychological Foundation of the Family
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- His work is considered the acme of cinematic art.
- Since the minute the goudou-goudou the onomatopoeic name locals give to the earthquake made the ground shake and groan, more than 230,000 people have died and about 1.5 million have lost their homes in Port-au-Prince and the nearby cities of Léogâne, Jacmel and Petit-Goâve. Haiti earthquake charities blamed as scars fail to heal
- First, the idea that the acme of being civilised is lying around your dining table gassing about culture and politics in a nice city, while the slaves do the washing up.
- To achieve these effects is undoubtedly the acme of military skill.
- Britain, he declared, and British laws and achievements, were the acme of human civilization.
- The white fish -- a kind of chub -- was caught in the Yukon by the Yapik Eskimos and smoked at Acme Smoked Fish Corp, an old-fashioned, family-run business in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Lorna Sass: The Hidden Cost of Being 100% Locavore