apogee
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈæpəˌdʒi/
- His career reached its apogee when he won the prestigious award for his groundbreaking research.
- reach their apogee
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Watch on YouTubeThese guys are the absolute apogee of sport.
- These guys are the absolute apogee of sport.
- Who, whose reign marks a kind of apogee, a height of power of this empire within this period of crisis.
- Yes, I think that peak walkers we've reached apogee and we're coming back down now.
Examples
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The immediate postwar years, in fact, did mark the apogee of the Americanization movement.
Academic text (1991) -
Yet according to "The Treatment of Women," his work stands as the apogee of male-centered immigration scholarship.
Academic text (1992) -
These guys are the absolute apogee of sport.
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present this year's Apogee Award to Mr. Tony Stark.
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Like Tours, we do not see the milestone we have passed: the apogee of America.
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And this one was meant to be the Warlock, the apogee of their people.
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The production of a poem of some scope and length is generally regarded as the apogee of a literary tradition.
Academic text (1996) -
The momentum of policy implementation lagged behind doctrine, reaching its apogee in the 1980s.
Academic text (1998) -
Another landmark in the socioeconomic history of Argentina was marked by the apogee of export-led growth.
Academic text (1997) -
Within this highly localized context, one of Zanzotto's books stands out as an apogee of self-reflexive local literature.
Academic text (1995)
Synonyms
167
2.3
The time when something is at its strongest or most successful
77
3.6
The highest point of a hill or mountain
46
3.7
The most intense point in a process, event, or story
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6.3
The highest point in a process or event
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3.3
The most exciting or important part of an experience
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4.4
The top point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
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3.7
The top level that something reaches
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6.2
The highest point of success or power
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4.2
The highest point something reaches, like water level or success
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9.9
The highest or best example of something that makes someone seem like a god
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6.7
The final important part of a project or career that shows success
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7.8
The highest point of development or success
Compounds
- Specialized
The path a satellite follows at the highest point in its orbit around a planet
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Apogee comes from Greek parts apo- 'away' and ge- 'earth', and later it came to mean the highest point or peak of something, so saying a career or event reached its apogee means it reached its top or best moment.