Apogee
noun
The highest point in the development of something; the climax or pinnacle.
This book is the apogee of her writing career.
Often appears as...
- reach the apogee
- at the apogee
noun
The point in the orbit of an object (such as a moon or satellite) around the Earth at which it is furthest from the Earth.
The satellite is at its apogee, the farthest distance from the earth.
Often appears as...
- satellite's apogee
- apogee distance
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Technical
noun
The highest point in the development of something; the climax or pinnacle.
This book is the apogee of her writing career.
Often appears as...
- reach the apogee
- at the apogee
noun
The point in the orbit of an object (such as a moon or satellite) around the Earth at which it is furthest from the Earth.
The satellite is at its apogee, the farthest distance from the earth.
Often appears as...
- satellite's apogee
- apogee distance
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Climax
Used metaphorically to describe a high point in a non-physical context, such as a career or project.
Winning the award was the apogee of his acting journey.
Pro Tip 2/3End of Ascension
Signifies the end of a rising phase before a decline or stabilization.
The company's profits hit their apogee last quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Peak
The apogee may differ subjectively between people evaluating success or quality.
For some, the apogee of cinema was the silent movie era.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Climax
Used metaphorically to describe a high point in a non-physical context, such as a career or project.
Winning the award was the apogee of his acting journey.
Pro Tip 2/3End of Ascension
Signifies the end of a rising phase before a decline or stabilization.
The company's profits hit their apogee last quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Peak
The apogee may differ subjectively between people evaluating success or quality.
For some, the apogee of cinema was the silent movie era.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphorical Climax
Used metaphorically to describe a high point in a non-physical context, such as a career or project.
Winning the award was the apogee of his acting journey.
Pro Tip 2/3End of Ascension
Signifies the end of a rising phase before a decline or stabilization.
The company's profits hit their apogee last quarter.
Pro Tip 3/3Subjective Peak
The apogee may differ subjectively between people evaluating success or quality.
For some, the apogee of cinema was the silent movie era.
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Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality of being simultaneously with-it and disengaged, in control but nonchalant, knowing but ironically self-aware, and above all inscrutably undemonstrative.
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Martin Filler
American Critic
Postmodernism came nowhere close in quality to Modernism at its apogee, not least because that later style wholly lacked the social impetus that animated the designs most emblematic of the Modern Movement.
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Tom Junod
American Journalist
We love football because the game of football is better than it has ever been, and is somehow managing to attain, at the same time, an apogee of opprobrium and excellence.
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Nicolas Roeg
English Director
But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.
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Colin Farrell
Irish Actor
Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French Lawyer
All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.
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Martin Filler
American Critic
The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality of being simultaneously with-it and disengaged, in control but nonchalant, knowing but ironically self-aware, and above all inscrutably undemonstrative.
Quote examples
Martin Filler
American Critic
Postmodernism came nowhere close in quality to Modernism at its apogee, not least because that later style wholly lacked the social impetus that animated the designs most emblematic of the Modern Movement.
Quote examples
Tom Junod
American Journalist
We love football because the game of football is better than it has ever been, and is somehow managing to attain, at the same time, an apogee of opprobrium and excellence.
Quote examples
Nicolas Roeg
English Director
But in marketing, the familiar is everything, and that is controlled by the studio. That is reaching its apogee now.
Quote examples
Colin Farrell
Irish Actor
Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.
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Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
French Lawyer
All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.
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