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🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

ápice

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ápice

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Apex/ˈeɪ.pɛks/
nounCEFR C1 (Advanced)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O ápice da montanha é deslumbrante."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The highest point or peak of something.

    "The climbers reached the apex of the mountain just before sunset."
  2. 2

    A point of culmination or the most successful point.

    "Her career reached its apex when she won the prestigious award."
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Synonyms (3)
Antonyms & Contrasting Words (1)

Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived directly from Latin 'apex', meaning the tip, point, or summit, historically referring to the pointed piece of olive wood worn on the cap of the flamines (Roman priests). Over time, the term evolved from its specific ancient religious and botanical senses into a broader figurative and literal descriptor for the highest point or peak of achievement, power, or physical structure.

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