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Definition of acme noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

acme

noun
 
/ˈækmi/
 
/ˈækmi/
[usually singular] (formal)
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  1. the highest stage of development or the most excellent example of something synonym height
    • the acme of engineering achievement
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Greek akmē ‘highest point’. Until the 18th cent. it was often consciously used as a Greek word and written in Greek letters.
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