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apex

Syllables: a·pex/ˈeɪ.pɛks/

apex noun: the highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.

Noun (1)

apex (plural apices or apexes)

  1. The highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
    • the apex of the building
    Synonyms:
    peak, top, summit, vertex
    1. The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane.
    2. The lowest part of the human heart.
      • 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.1951 March, J. H. Lehmann, A. D. Johnson, W. C. Bridges, J. Michel, D. M. Green, “Cardiac Catheterization—A Diagnostic Aid in Congenital Heart Disease”, in Northwest Medicine, volume 50, number 3...
    3. The deepest part of a tooth's root.
    4. The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support.
    5. The growing point of a shoot.
    6. The point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.
    7. The lowest point on a pendant drop of a liquid.
    8. (US) The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
    9. A diacritic in Classical Latin that resembles and gave rise to the acute.
    10. A diacritic in Middle Vietnamese that indicates /ŋ͡m/.
    11. A sharp upward point formed by two strokes that meet at an acute angle, as in "W", uppercase "A", and closed-top "4", or by a tapered stroke, as in lowercase "t".
    12. The part of a corner where the racing line is nearest the inside of the bend.
      • Drone cameras show that his car reached the apex first.
    13. (euphemistic, romance) A woman's crotch and sex organs.
      • Licking her apex, he slid his hand up between her legs and slid his fingers into her heat.2014 April 6, Kathi S. Barton, Brock, World Castle Publishing, LLC, →ISBN
      • He opened them, and smiled slightly, as he moved his hand to her hip, and caressed his way to her apex, lightly stroking her through her dress.2016 February 9, Rhonda Leibel, Princess' Knight, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
  2. An obstacle for a horse to jump over, consisting of a triangular corner fence.
  3. (figuratively) The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.
    • the apex of civilization
    • It would be an intense disgust. The absolute apex of teen angst.2002, Jeffrey Rowland, “Day 2 (The Slagathors)”, in Wigu Adventures, page 58
  4. (attributive) The top of the food chain.
  5. A conical priest cap.

Noun (2) capitalized: APEX

APEX

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of advance purchase excursion (an air fare).
  2. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of accelerated peritoneal equilibration examination.
  3. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of acetone peroxide.

Proper noun capitalized: APEX

APEX

  1. (UK, abbreviation, acronym, trade union) Acronym of Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff.

apex meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Arabic

apex in Hindi

highest or greatest part
शिखर śikhar
highest point in a plane or solid figure
शिखर śikhar

apex in Urdu

اپیکس

apex in Telugu

highest or greatest part
అత్యున్నత atyunnata, సర్వోన్నత sarvōnnata
pointed fine end
కొన kona
highest point in a plane or solid figure
శీర్షము śīrṣamu
moment of greatest success, expansion, etc
సర్వోత్కృష్ట sarvōtkr̥ṣṭa, ఉచ్ఛ uccha

apex in Arabic

highest or greatest part
ذروَة
More languagesFewer languages
apex in Persian
اوج owj
apex in Vietnamese
dấu sóng, dấu lưỡi câu

Examples of apex in a sentence

  • While his fingers retreated, the ache she felt in her apex had only grown, wanting more.2021 December 9, Catherine Edward, Husband Undercover: A Phantom Agent Novel, Catherine Edward, →ISBN:
  • And at the apex of their glory, they are extinguished.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Virmire:

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Synonyms of apex

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Forms of apex

pluralapices
pluralapexes
alternative formApex

Plural of apex: apices or apexes

Origin of apex

Borrowed from Latin apex (“point, tip, summit”).

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Questions about apex

What does apex mean?
Apex means the highest or the greatest part of something, especially forming a point.
What is apex in Hindi?
Apex in Hindi is शिखर (śikhar). See Apex meaning in Hindi.
How do you use apex in a sentence?
While his fingers retreated, the ache she felt in her apex had only grown, wanting more.
What part of speech is apex?
Apex can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce apex?
Apex is pronounced /ˈeɪ.pɛks/.
What is the plural of apex?
The plural of apex is apices.

Words near apex in the dictionary

  1. apeths
  2. apetiolate
  3. apeture
  4. apewoman
  5. apewomen
  6. apex
  7. apex court
  8. apex courts
  9. apex fallacies
  10. apex fallacy
  11. apex predator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: apex (page history and authors); APEX (page history and authors); apex (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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