When he was at the acme of his career, a scandal brought about his downfall.
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Acme
//ˈæk.mi//
Synonyms for "acme" (172 found)
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5 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
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13 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- връхна точка noun (the highest point)
- разцвет noun (full bloom)
Catalan
1 entries- acme noun (the highest point)
Chinese
3 entries- 巅峰 noun (the highest point)
- 最高峰 noun (the highest point)
- 最高点 noun (the highest point)
Czech
2 entries- vrchol noun (the highest point)
- špička noun (the highest point)
Dutch
1 entries- hoogtepunt noun (the highest point)
Finnish
4 entries- akme noun (peak of a disease)
- huippu noun (the highest point)
- huippu noun (peak of a disease)
- huippukohta noun (the highest point)
French
2 entries- acmé noun (the highest point)
- force de l'âge noun (full bloom)
German
3 entries- Blüte des Lebens noun (full bloom)
- Gipfel noun (the highest point)
- Höhepunkt noun (the highest point)
Greek
1 entries- απόγειο noun (the highest point)
Icelandic
1 entries- hápunktur noun (the highest point)
Italian
4 entries- acme noun (the highest point)
- apice noun (the highest point)
- apogeo noun (full bloom)
- climax noun (the highest point)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- تپه noun (the highest point)
- قمه noun (the highest point)
Russian
3 entries- кульминация noun (the highest point)
- пик noun (the highest point)
- расцвет noun (full bloom)
Sanskrit
1 entries- शिरस् noun (the highest point)
Spanish
4 entries- acmé noun (the highest point)
- acmé noun (the crisis or height of a disease)
- apogeo noun (the highest point)
- cúspide noun (the highest point)
Swedish
3 entries- höjdpunkt noun (the highest point)
- kulm noun (full bloom)
- kulmen noun (the highest point)
Ukrainian
3 entries- апоге́й noun (the highest point)
- кульмінація noun (the highest point)
- пік noun (the highest point)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
We, ACME Ltd., hereby announce that we will resist with all our strength this hostile takeover.
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Actually his work has reached the acme of perfection.
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Tom bought an ACME anvil.
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