apex
pronunciation
How to pronounce apex in British English:
UK [ˈeɪpeks]
How to pronounce apex in American English:
US [ˈeɪpeks]
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- Noun:
- the highest point (of something)
- the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars
Word Origin
- apex (n.)
- c. 1600, from Latin apex "summit, peak, tip, top, extreme end;" probably related to apere "to fasten, fix," hence "the tip of anything" (one of the meanings in Latin was "small rod at the top of the flamen's cap"), from PIE *ap- "to take, reach." Proper plural is apices.
Example
- 1. America today is as unaccustomed to global economic competition as the british were at their apex .
- 2. The newspaper said he believed he was the victim of a plot to ruin him at the apex of his popularity .
- 3. The resurgence of russian power in opposition to the united states and the european union reached its apex with the august 2008 war in georgia .
- 4. The apex of chinese politics is so closed to the world that analysts cannot be sure .
- 5. Candidates for the nine spots at the apex of chinese power have to go through many challenging appointments , many having assumed governorship of two provinces , each the size of some european countries .