From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthe acme of somethingthe acme of somethingformalBEST the best and highest level of something SYN pinnacle the acme of perfection → acme
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the acme of something• the acme of scientific knowledge• Silence of this quality is the acme of chatter.• As a raconteur and conversationalist, scattering indiscretions and gossip with gay abandon, he was the acme of unconventionality. 