Acme
noun
The highest point or peak of something.
His acceptance into Harvard was the acme of his academic career.
Often appears as...
- reached the acme
- acme of perfection
noun
The point at which something or someone is best, perfect, or most successful.
The company has now reached the acme of productivity.
Often appears as...
- acme of development
- acme of professional achievement
noun
The highest point or peak of something.
His acceptance into Harvard was the acme of his academic career.
Often appears as...
- reached the acme
- acme of perfection
noun
The point at which something or someone is best, perfect, or most successful.
The company has now reached the acme of productivity.
Often appears as...
- acme of development
- acme of professional achievement
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Peak
Usually describes the highest achievement, not a physical place.
Winning the Nobel Prize was the acme of his scientific endeavors.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Best
Often relates to personal achievements or career milestones.
Becoming a chef was her acme, surpassing all earlier aspirations.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can be used more broadly for excellence in any context.
This artwork represents the acme of the Renaissance period.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Peak
Usually describes the highest achievement, not a physical place.
Winning the Nobel Prize was the acme of his scientific endeavors.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Best
Often relates to personal achievements or career milestones.
Becoming a chef was her acme, surpassing all earlier aspirations.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can be used more broadly for excellence in any context.
This artwork represents the acme of the Renaissance period.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Peak
Usually describes the highest achievement, not a physical place.
Winning the Nobel Prize was the acme of his scientific endeavors.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Best
Often relates to personal achievements or career milestones.
Becoming a chef was her acme, surpassing all earlier aspirations.
Pro Tip 3/3Figurative Use
Can be used more broadly for excellence in any context.
This artwork represents the acme of the Renaissance period.
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The Case for Radically...
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Charles M. Schwab
American Businessman
As the train rounded the curve, the great smoking stacks of the Edgar Thomson works, the flaming converters belching forth, made such a vivid impression upon my youthful mind that it will never fade. I thought I had seen the very acme of what might be accomplished in an industrial way.
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Edward Thorndike
American Psychologist
This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
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Charles M. Schwab
American Businessman
As the train rounded the curve, the great smoking stacks of the Edgar Thomson works, the flaming converters belching forth, made such a vivid impression upon my youthful mind that it will never fade. I thought I had seen the very acme of what might be accomplished in an industrial way.
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Edward Thorndike
American Psychologist
This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
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Sun Tzu
Chinese Philosopher
To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.
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