US /ˈeɪpɛks/ UK /ˈeɪpɛks/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the highest point or culmination of something

    She reached the apex of her career at forty.

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Synonyms
1 noun · the highest point or... peaksummitpinnaclezenithtopacmeculmination
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Word family
Forms apical
Derived forms apical
Related forms apical

Etymology

From Latin apex ('summit, peak, tip'), originally the point of a priest's cap, of uncertain further origin.

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