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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The highest point, as of achievement or development: reached the acme of her career. See Synonyms at summit.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. The top or highest point; the furthest point attained; the utmost reach.
  2. n. The maturity or perfection of an animal.
  3. n. In medicine: The height or crisis of a disease. Another, and probably the correct, form of acne.
  4. n. In zoology, a genus of land-shells.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
  2. n. medicine The crisis or height of a disease.
  3. n. Mature age; full bloom of life. - Ben Jonson

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. The top or highest point; the culmination.
  2. n. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease.
  3. n. Mature age; full bloom of life.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. the highest point (of something)
  2. n. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek ἀκμή (akmē, "point, top"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek akmē; see ak- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  • “Along with his hopes of making Astana a world-class capital, Nazarbayev has also proposed the creation of a new universal currency, called the akmetal from the Greek word acme to replace the dollar in international commerce, a sort of monetary Esperanto.”

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  • “He first called for the creation of a worldwide currency, to be called "acmetal" - a combination of "acme," a Greek word meaning the peak or the best, and "capital" - in an article published last month.”

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  • “He first called for the creation of a world-wide currency, to be called "acmetal" _ a combination of "acme," a Greek word meaning the peak or the best, and "capital" _ in an article published last month.”

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  • “So, I made the mistake/whatever you want to call it .. of calling the acme thing and got trapped .. funny thing … when i showed it too my GF later …. didnt work anymore … so this only happened to a certain amount of people for a certain amount of time!!!”

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  • “Who's the little bird? "said Skippy, who had not heard himself described as the acme of suspicion for nothing.”

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  • “In fact, it is, in some ways, the very REVERSE of brain – power: it might be called the acme of stupidity.”

    Kangaroo

  • “For its purpose the position chosen was ideal, but it could hardly be called the acme of comfort.”

    The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918

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