As an adjective climactic
is of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.
As a proper noun acme is
a village in alberta, canada.
climactic English
Adjective
( en adjective)
Of, pertaining to, or constituting a climax; reaching a decisive moment or point of greatest tension.
* The race ended in a climactic , neck-and-neck scramble for the finish line.
Related terms
* anticlimactic
Usage notes
Do not confuse with climatic, which relates to climate.
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acme English
Noun
( en noun)
The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination.
* (rfdate), (Alexander Pope)
- The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry.
* (rfdate),
- The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy.
(medicine) The crisis or height of a disease.
Mature age; full bloom of life.
- (Ben Jonson)
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