apex

[US]/ˈeɪpeks/
[UK]/ˈeɪpeks/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the highest point; the tip the highest point or the tip of something.

Phrases & Collocations

reaching the apex

apex predator

leaf apex

root apex

shoot apex

Example Sentences

the apex of a leaf.

the apex of the roof.

at the apex of the mountain

the apex of the tongue

the apex of a triangle; the apex of a hill.

Apex Engineering Pty Ltd.

the central bank is at the apex of the financial system.

He was at the apex of his fortunes.

Spring was the real apex of the year; summer was bathos.

bractlet apex subacute, without an acicular awn.

The Nazi regime represents the apex of oppression and intimidation.

Sepals not incrassate at base, veins not obviously impressed; leaf blade subulate to ovate, margin and apex incrassate, apex not setiform but spinose.

4) tegmina of female narrow, not reaching the apex of ovispositor;

Leaves long linear, graminoid or shortly setiform, apex spinose.

He reached the apex of power in the early 1930s.

the apex of his career was when he hoisted aloft the World Cup.

melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo.

Bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, 8--20 × as long as wide, apex acuminate or cirrose.

Nutlets white, oblong, ca. 4 mm, rugate, apex acute.

style curved, similarly hooklike, apex expanded tubiform;

Real-world Examples

The moon has passed its apex.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

This reached its apex on February 24, 1855.

Source: Women Who Changed the World

We've come to dive with an apex predator.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2019 Collection

Two apex predators occupying the same space is unusual.

Source: Jurassic Fight Club

Finally, a tiny detail at the apex of the volcano.

Source: Secrets of Masterpieces

Not for a while. Mason's journal said the first transformation can happen before the moon hits its apex.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 2

Did you know that they're the apex predators, by the way?

Source: Smart Life Encyclopedia

Most bears are the apex predators of the ecosystems where they live.

Source: Children's Learning Classroom

And then, there's the apex predator — the king of the river.

Source: The secrets of our planet.

And the description sounded a lot like a long-extinct apex predator, the Mosasaur.

Source: If there is a if.

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