Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: apex
IPA transcription: ['eɪp,ɛks]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: vertex, peak, apex, acme
    Meaning: the highest point (of something); "at the peak of the pyramid"
Usage examples
  • The first and most dramatic of the three great struggles for liberty reached its apex, as we know, in the American Revolution.
  • All the ladies in Apex City were more voluble than Mrs. Fairford, and had a larger vocabulary: the difference was that with Mrs. Fairford conversation seemed to be a concert and not a solo.
  • It was thatched with heather, and possessed but a single chimney that rose but little above the apex of the roof, and had two slates set on the top to protect the rising smoke from being blown down the chimney into the cottage when the wind was from the west or from the east.
  • And this similitude was regarded as by no means lessened when, upon nearer inspection, there was perceived a large tassel depending from its apex, and, around the upper rim or base of the cone, a circle of little instruments, resembling sheep-bells, which kept up a continual tinkling to the tune of Betty Martin.