acme

«acme» in Mova's school dictionary: the highest point of something: the peak of success… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (the acme)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) The acme is the highest point of something: the peak of success, skill or perfection: «the acme of good manners». tree →

2) Acme is also a name used by many businesses, and is the joke company in Road Runner cartoons. tree →

sense in the lessons

In formal writing and old books, «the acme of» means the very best example. In cartoons, Wile E. Coyote buys gadgets from the ACME company, which always fail — a funny name everyone knows. Phrases: «the acme of», «at the acme of his career».

examples

• The castle was the acme of medieval building. tree →
• Her performance was the acme of her career. tree →
• The cake was the acme of perfection. tree →
• Wile E. Coyote's ACME rocket blew up again. tree →
• Many old shops were called «Acme» so they would come first in phone books. tree →
• Winning the cup was the acme of the team's season. tree →

note

Formal; usually «the acme of». Say «AK-mee». From Greek, meaning «point» or «peak». Similar: peak, height, pinnacle. Do not confuse with «acne» (spots) — one letter different.

In the corpora

• Coyote never catches him, however many ACME rockets he buys.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «acme» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.