Usually means: Peak or highest point achieved.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. acme: Merriam-Webster
  2. acme: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. acme: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. acme: Collins English Dictionary
  5. acme: Vocabulary.com
  6. Acme, acme: Wordnik
  7. the acme: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. ACME, Acme, acme: Wiktionary
  9. acme: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. acme: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. acme: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. ACME: Dictionary.com
  13. acme: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. acme: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. ACME (album), ACME, Acme (Plan 9), Acme (album), Acme (automobile), Acme (computer virus), Acme (disambiguation), Acme (solitaire), Acme (steamboat), Acme (text editor), Acme: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Acme: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. acme: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. acme: Rhymezone
  19. Acme: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. acme: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. acme: FreeDictionary.org
  22. acme: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. Acme: The Word Detective
  24. acme: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. Acme: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  26. acme: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  27. acme: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Acme (disambiguation), acme: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ACME: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. Acme (disambiguation), acme: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. acme: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Acme (disambiguation), acme: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ACME: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. acme: Dictionary of Botanical Epithets

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ACME)

▸ noun:  A high point: the highest point of any range, the most developed stage of any process, or the culmination of any field or historical period.
▸ noun:  A paragon: a person or thing representing such a high point.
▸ noun:  (rare) Full bloom or reproductive maturity.
▸ noun:  (euphemistic) Sexual orgasm.
▸ noun:  (medicine) Synonym of crisis, the decisive moment in the course of an illness.
▸ noun:  (fiction) A generic or monopoly company.
▸ noun:  A village in Kneehill County, Alberta, Canada.
▸ noun:  A number of places in the United States:
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Hamilton Township, Jackson County, Indiana.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Dickinson County, Kansas.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Concordia Parish, Louisiana.
▸ noun:  A township and unincorporated community therein, in Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Columbus County, North Carolina.
▸ noun:  A township in Hettinger County, North Dakota.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Westmoreland County and Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
▸ noun:  A ghost town in Oklahoma.
▸ noun:  A ghost town in Texas.
▸ noun:  A census-designated place in Washington.
▸ noun:  An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia.
▸ noun:  A 29° trapezoidal threading used for various fittings and adapters.
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format. [(fiction) A generic or monopoly company.]
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a generic company name. [(fiction) A generic or monopoly company.]
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Acme, particularly as a threading format. [(fiction) A generic or monopoly company.]

Similar:
vertex, apex, pinnacle, height, summit, superlative, top, peak, elevation, apotheosis, more...

Opposite:
nadir, bottom, low point, rock bottom

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zenith, peak, climax, crescendo, more...

Phrases:
acme thread, acme harrow, acme (disambiguation), acme screw thread, Acme Corporation, more...

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very, second, highest, voluptuous, sexual, worst, french, absolute, utmost, intolerable, greek

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Similar:
vertex, apex, pinnacle, height, summit, superlative, top, peak, elevation, apotheosis, more...

Opposite:
nadir, bottom, low point, rock bottom

Types:
zenith, peak, climax, crescendo, more...

Phrases:
acme thread, acme harrow, acme (disambiguation), acme screw thread, Acme Corporation, Coyote vs. Acme, Acme Markets, The ACME Laboratories Ltd, Acme Novelty Library, Acme Brick, Acme Fresh Market, Acme Packet, more...

Adjectives:
very, second, highest, voluptuous, sexual, worst, french, absolute, utmost, intolerable, greek

Colors:
    red,     blue,     green,     yellow,     orange, more...



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