Associations to the word «Acme»

Wiktionary

ACME, noun. The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
ACME, noun. (medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
ACME, noun. Mature age; full bloom of life.
ACME, proper noun. (fiction) A generic large company or corporation.
ACME, proper noun. A village in Alberta, Canada.
ACME, proper noun. A ghost town in Oklahoma.
ACME, proper noun. A ghost town in Texas.
ACME, proper noun. A CDP in Washington.

Dictionary definition

ACME, noun. The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession".
ACME, noun. The highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid".

Wise words

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