apex
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der.
Proto-Italic *apeks
Latin apexbor.
English apex
Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).
Inflected forms:
form: apices
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: apexes
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
examples: the apex of the building
Drone cameras show that his car reached the apex first.
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
examples: B.P. 118/68. Grade I diastolic murmur best heard over apex. Patient well and had no complaints referable to heart. Origin of the diastolic murmur is open to conjecture.
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
tags: US
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
pos: noun
gloss: An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
pos: noun
gloss: The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
pos: noun
tags: figuratively
examples: the apex of civilization
It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.
The pattern has repeated itself more times than you can fathom. Organic civilizations rise, evolve, advance. And at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished.
gloss: The top of the food chain.
pos: noun
tags: attributive
gloss: A conical priest cap.
pos: noun
Synonyms: acme
apex
zenith
apogee
apotheosis
ascendance
capstone
climax
coronation
crown
culmination
extreme
fastigium
high note
high point
high tide
high-water mark
midday
Mount Everest
outblossom
paroxysm
perihelion
pinnacle
summa
summit
Antonyms: bathos
lowest ebb
nadir
slough of despond
trough
Related words: apical
mother of all
Derived words: antapex
apexcardiogram
apexcardiography
apex court
apexed
apex fallacy
apexification
apex predator
base over apex
orbital apex syndrome
periapex
subapex
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: ذروَة
lang: Armenian
word: գագաթ
roman: gagatʻ
lang: Bulgarian
word: връх
roman: vrǎh
lang: Bulgarian
word: връхна точка
roman: vrǎhna točka
lang: Catalan
word: àpex
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 頂 /顶
roman: dǐng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尖
roman: jiān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 頂點 /顶点
roman: dǐngdiǎn
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 頂端 /顶端
roman: dǐngduān
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 尖端
roman: jiānduān
lang: Dutch
word: top
lang: Dutch
word: spits
lang: Finnish
word: huippu
lang: French
word: apex
lang: French
word: sommet
lang: Galician
word: ápice
lang: German
word: Gipfel
lang: Greek
word: κορυφή
roman: koryfí
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἄκρον
roman: ákron
lang: Hindi
word: शिखर
roman: śikhar
lang: Hungarian
word: csúcs
lang: Ingrian
word: kukkula
lang: Italian
word: apice
lang: Māori
word: akitu
lang: Norwegian
word: topp
lang: Portuguese
word: ápice
lang: Portuguese
word: topo
lang: Portuguese
word: cume
lang: Romanian
word: culme
lang: Russian
word: верши́на
roman: veršína
lang: Russian
word: пик
roman: pik
lang: Russian
word: вы́сшая то́чка
roman: výsšaja tóčka
lang: Slovak
word: vrchol
lang: Spanish
word: ápice
lang: Spanish
word: cima
lang: Spanish
word: sumidad
lang: Spanish
word: ápex
lang: Swedish
word: topp
lang: Swedish
word: spets
lang: Telugu
word: అత్యున్నత
roman: atyunnata
lang: Telugu
word: సర్వోన్నత
roman: sarvōnnata
lang: Turkish
word: zirve
lang: Dutch
word: spits
lang: Dutch
word: punt
lang: Finnish
word: huippu
lang: French
word: apex
lang: Greek
word: κορυφή
roman: koryfí
lang: Portuguese
word: ponta
lang: Slovak
word: hrot
lang: Spanish
word: ápice
lang: Telugu
word: కొన
roman: kona
lang: Catalan
word: àpex
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 葉尖 /叶尖
roman: yèjiān
lang: Dutch
word: spits
lang: Dutch
word: punt
lang: Italian
word: apice
lang: Polish
word: szczyt
lang: Portuguese
word: ápice
lang: Spanish
word: ápice