Noun: apex
Pronunciation: (ey,peks)
Apex meaning:
- The highest point of something. Synonyms: acme, peak, vertex
- The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars. Synonyms: apex of the sun’s way, solar apex
Quotations: Constitution Bench – Considering that the essential question of public importance has been invited in the matter and the High Court had granted leave to the state to approach the apex court. We grant leave in all matters and direct the same to be placed before the Constitution Bench.
Leighton Reese – This corner has several different apexes. It is good for passing. You can enter tight or you can enter wide and try to cross over your buddy and super late apex it over here.
Patrick Carpentier – I went out there and wasn’t nervous at all. We had nothing to lose coming in. We were happy with sixth, so we just went for it. We knew our car was better in the long run, so it was a really fun ride. I have never done a lap like that in my life. For us, it was by far the fastest time we’ve accomplished here by more than a second and a half. During my top lap, I missed the apex of the last turn by about 10 feet, so I left a little bit out there. Other than that, I got everything I could out of the car. The team and Toyota did a great job giving me a great car for this weekend. Starting in the top three is fantastic. The race is going to be very competitive, but when you’re starting up front, it’s a whole different game. I’m definitely looking forward to it.
Parry Young – It is not surprising that because of the combined effect of the double-whammy, falling assets/rising liabilities, average state pension funding levels, as of June 30, 2004, had fallen to approximately 84 percent of their previous apex four years earlier.
Andy Rice – The judges were very conscious of the role that awards such as Apex play in raising professional communication standards and therefore felt it would only be right to award the grand prix to a truly exceptional entry. No entry quite reached that standard this year.
Sample sentences:
- It’s pretty exciting. It’s a beautiful animal, an apex predator that’s part of the ecosystem.
- Things were looking good, but as the laps clicked by, we started getting tight and lost our momentum in the apex.
- Everybody knows that the great reversed triangle of land, with its base in the north and its apex in the south, which is called India, embraces fourteen hundred thousand square miles, upon which is spread unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls.
- It does indicate a fair level of paralysis at the apex of the party and the government. They didn’t see this coming and they didn’t react.
- Every corner, every exit, every apex was perfect. I definitely could not have done it better.
- In the house itself, the gable is much lower than in the painting you can only stand up just barely at the apex.
- It’s like a pyramid. All four sides have to reach the apex at the same time.
- The stars are the apexes of what triangles.
- The object was at the apex of the pyramid.
- With dramatic construction cost increases and a drying land supply, Apex may finally see some substantial development activity. Time is now on its side.