acme
noun/ˈækmi/
/ˈækmi/
[usually singular] (formal)- 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.Definitions on the go
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