The meaning of Maximum

noun

The point at which something is at its best or most highly developed.

Usage examples:

Physics is the acme of scientific knowledge

noun

The highest point of achievement

Usage examples:

Chaplin’s "city lights" marked the acme of his filmmaking career.

noun

The top or highest part of something, especially one forming a point.

Usage examples:

The apex of the roof

verb

Reach a high point or climax.

Usage examples:

Melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo

noun

A system of reduced fares for scheduled airline flights and railway journeys which must be booked and paid for before a certain period in advance of departure.

Usage examples:

Apex fares

noun

The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination.

Usage examples:

A film which was the apogee of german expressionist cinema

noun

The most successful, popular, or powerful point

Usage examples:

At their apogee, the novels of spillane claimed worldwide sales of over $180 million.

adjective

Of considerable size or extent.

Usage examples:

Her big hazel eyes

verb

Praise or recommend something highly.

Usage examples:

The record's been on the streets a while now, but it's still worth bigging up

noun

The major league in a professional sport.

Usage examples:

The day he made it to the bigs, he forgot every minor league ballpark he ever played in

noun

The upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment.

Usage examples:

The books were stacked from floor to ceiling

verb

Line or plaster the roof of (a building).

Usage examples:

The nave has been ceiled in wood

noun

A comb or tuft of feathers, fur, or skin on the head of a bird or other animal.

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A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest

verb

Reach the top of (a hill or wave).

Usage examples:

She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her

noun

The top or highest part of something such as a wave or a hill

Usage examples:

We climbed to the crest of the hill., the flood waters crested thursday (= reached their highest le…

adjective

Reaching a high or the highest degree; very great.

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Extreme cold

noun

Either of two abstract things that are as different from each other as possible.

Usage examples:

We represented opposite extremes of college society—he a member of the old guard, i one of the radi…

noun

The furthest point or limit of something.

Usage examples:

The peninsula's western extremity

noun

The furthest point, especially from the centre

Usage examples:

The wood lies on the southern extremity of the estate., in such a situation, your heart pumps faste…

adjective

Of an extent, amount, or intensity considerably above average.

Usage examples:

The article was of great interest

noun

An important or distinguished person.

Usage examples:

The beatles, bob dylan, all the greats

adverb

Very well; excellently.

Usage examples:

We played awful, they played great

noun

The measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.

Usage examples:

Columns rising to 65 feet in height

adjective

Of great vertical extent.

Usage examples:

The top of a high mountain

adverb

At or to a considerable or specified height.

Usage examples:

The sculpture stood about five feet high

noun

A high point, level, or figure.

Usage examples:

Commodity prices were at a rare high

adjective

Of considerable or relatively great size, extent, or capacity.

Usage examples:

Add a large clove of garlic

verb

Enjoy oneself in a lively way with drink or drugs and music.

Usage examples:

He's known in clubland for his capacity for larging it

adjective

Of more than a typical or average size or amount

Usage examples:

They have a large house in the suburbs., this apartment is much larger than our last one., it was t…

noun

A point or level beyond which something does not or may not extend or pass.

Usage examples:

The failure showed the limits of british power

verb

Set or serve as a limit to.

Usage examples:

Try to limit the amount you drink

noun

The greatest amount, number, or level allowed or possible

Usage examples:

There’s a limit to her patience., two cups of coffee are my limit., spending limits were imposed by…

adjective

Of or constituting a maximum; as great or as large as possible.

Usage examples:

The maximal speed

adjective

Largest or greatest

Usage examples:

40 degrees centigrade is the maximal temperature at which this chemical reaction will occur.

determiner

Greatest in amount, quantity, or degree.

Usage examples:

They've had the most success

pronoun

The greatest amount or quantity.

Usage examples:

We had the most to lose

adverb

Forming the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than one syllable.

Usage examples:

The most important event of my life

adjective

More important than anything else; supreme.

Usage examples:

The interests of the child are of paramount importance

proper noun

A city in south-western california, south-east of los angeles; population 55,236 (est. 2008).

adjective

More important than anything else

Usage examples:

Everybody agrees that education is the paramount issue.

noun

The pointed top of a mountain.

Usage examples:

Tatters of fog clung to the peak of the mountain

verb

Reach a highest point, either of a specified value or at a specified time.

Usage examples:

The disease peaked in summer

adjective

At the highest level; maximum.

Usage examples:

The canal was restored to peak condition

noun

The most successful point; the culmination.

Usage examples:

He had reached the pinnacle of his career

verb

Form the culminating point or example of.

Usage examples:

Anybody who knows jake's career knows that he pinnacled the liberal-media ladder a decade ago and t…

noun

The most successful point

Usage examples:

The olympics represent the pinnacle of athletic achievement., the volcanic range is extremely rugge…

noun

The highest point of a hill or mountain.

Usage examples:

She climbed back up the path towards the summit

verb

Reach the summit of (a mountain or hill).

Usage examples:

In 2013, 658 climbers summited everest

noun

The top or highest point, esp. of a mountain

Usage examples:

We climbed to the summit of mount rainier., the economic summit did not accomplish all that the pre…

adjective

Highest in rank or authority.

Usage examples:

A unified force with a supreme commander

noun

A rich cream sauce.

Usage examples:

Chicken supreme

adjective

At the highest level

Usage examples:

The dictionary was called the supreme authority on all matters relating to the language., he was su…

noun

The highest or uppermost point, part, or surface of something.

Usage examples:

Doreen stood at the top of the stairs

adjective

Highest in position, rank, or degree.

Usage examples:

The top button of his shirt

verb

Exceed (an amount, level, or number); be more than.

Usage examples:

Losses are expected to top £100 m this year

adjective

Highest in physical position; highest.

Usage examples:

We watched a squirrel negotiate the topmost branches of a nearby tree

adjective

Highest

Usage examples:

We sat on the topmost step and waited.

adjective

Most extreme; greatest.

Usage examples:

A matter of the utmost importance

noun

The greatest or most extreme extent or amount.

Usage examples:

A plot that stretches credulity to the utmost

adjective

Greatest or most or farthest

Usage examples:

Speed was of the utmost importance., he’s doing his utmost to disrupt the proceedings.

adjective

Furthest, greatest, or most extreme; utmost.

Usage examples:

The uttermost parts of the earth

noun

The greatest or most extreme extent or amount.

Usage examples:

We will defend ourselves to the uttermost

adjective

Greatest or most or farthest

Usage examples:

Speed was of the utmost importance., he’s doing his utmost to disrupt the proceedings.

noun

The highest point; the top or apex.

Usage examples:

But what vertices of anxiety lie behind the gentle opposition of town and country, youth and age wh…

noun

The point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

noun

(in mathematics) the point where two lines meet to form an angle, or the point that is opposite the base of a shape

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The vertex of a triangle/cone/pyramid

noun

The time at which something is most powerful or successful.

Usage examples:

In 1977, punk was at its zenith

noun

The best, highest, or most successful point or time

Usage examples:

Their popularity reached its zenith in the mid-1990s.