A point marking a stage in progression; a degree, a pitch. the prick: the height, highest point, acme. Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use).

The highest point, the utmost degree (of something immaterial); extremity; summit; zenith.

More generally: the period, point, or state of the greatest fullness, strength, or intensity of something.

Height, altitude; (figurative) highest pitch, acme (cf. height, n. 12). Obsolete.

figurative. The highest degree, summit, or acme of something; the chief or most refined example or instance. Obsolete.

The highest point or summit of something. Obsolete.

transferred and figurative.

The highest pitch or fullest degree of some exalted or excited condition. Usually in in the ruff of. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

The highest point or culmination; the point or period at which something is at its best or most highly developed; (in later use also) a person or…

figurative. Utmost point, extremity; highest point, apex, crown. Obsolete. (Cf. also tipe, n.1)

figurative. The culminating or highest point of something. Cf. noon, n. 2b.

figurative or (esp. in early use) in figurative contexts. The highest point or state of something; a state or point of greatest intensity, magnitude…

The utmost point or limit of something; a pinnacle, height, or acme.

figurative. The highest attainable point of achievement, success, development, etc.; = summit, n. 3.

figurative and in figurative contexts: something likened to the high tide, esp. in being the highest point of a particular state, period, experience…

figurative. The point or period of highest development or perfection, after which decline sets in; culmination, full splendour.

The highest point reached in any process or course; a zenith. Obsolete.

Hence figurative. The highest point, climax, culmination.

The highest point, the apex (literal and figurative); a high projecting point or tip. Obsolete. rare.

figurative. The highest point of intensity, excellence, etc., that is or may be attained; the greatest amount or degree of something.

figurative. The culminating or highest point, the peak. Cf. noontide, n. 3.

figurative. The highest or best point (of something); the time or period at which something is at its best, most successful, most powerful, etc.; an…

figurative. The point of greatest attainment or influence; zenith, culmination; ascendancy; = apogee, n. 3b. Cf. ascendant, n. 2. Now rare.

figurative. The highest point or culmination; the acme, the climax.

The attainment by a heavenly body of its greatest altitude; the act of reaching the meridian.

Highest point, apex, culmination. (A Gallicism affected by Howell.)

gen. The top or summit; figurative the height, acme, culminating point.

The culmination, peak, or apex of something; the most important or exciting part of a film, contest, etc., usually happening near the end.

The highest point reached in a progression or series; the culminating point; esp. in the top of high water, the top of the tide; top of the market…

A heap, pile; an accumulation, gathering; the conical top of a heaped measure, hence the consummating mass.

figurative. The highest attainable point of achievement, success, development, etc.; the acme. Cf. pinnacle, n. 3.

figurative. = perigee, n. 3. rare.

Frequently with the. The highest position, degree, or quality; (frequently with at) the utmost extent.

Acme, height; perfection.

Utmost degree, acme. Obsolete.

the point or period at which something is at its best or most highly developed; the peak; the best moment or part of something.

figurative. A highest point, a zenith.

The highest attainable point of achievement, success, etc.; (also) the ultimate outcome. Obsolete.

The ‘crown’ or culmination.

the action or an act of to head up at head, v. phrasal verbs (in various senses).

More generally: a point of greatest achievement or development; a high spot, summit, or climax.

(a) = flashing-point n. at flashing, n.1 compounds 2; (b) figurative a point of climax, indignation, etc. (cf. boiling-point n. at boiling, n.…

cf. sense 1b.

figurative. A highest point, summit, or zenith of achievement, success, development, etc.; a climax, an acme. In later use: esp. a point (in time)…

figurative. The culminating or highest point of something (cf. noontide, n. 3). Also: a decline from the highest point (cf. afternoon, n. 2).

In extended use: a culminating point, an acme; a turning point. Also ironic.