The apogee of something such as a culture or a business is its highest or its greatest point.
[formal]
Medieval society reached its apogee in the 12th and 13th centuries.
Synonyms: highest point, top, tip, crown More Synonyms of apogee
apogee in British English
(ˈæpəˌdʒiː)
noun
1.
the point in its orbit around the earth when the moon or an artificial satellite is at its greatest distance from the earth
Compare perigee
2.
the highest point
Derived forms
apogean (ˌapoˈgean)
adjective
Word origin
C17: from New Latin apogaeum (influenced by French apogée), from Greek apogaion, from apogaios away from the earth, from apo- + gaia earth
apogee in American English
(ˈæpəˌdʒi)
noun
1. Astronomy
the point in the orbit of a heavenly body, esp. the moon, or of an artificial satellite at which it is farthest from the earth
Compare perigee
2.
the highest or most distant point; climax
Derived forms
apogealapogeanapogeic
adjective
Word origin
[1585–95; alter. (after F apogée) of earlier apogaeum ‹ L ‹ Gk apógaion (diástema) off-earth (distance), neut. of apógaios (adj.), equiv. to apo-apo- + gáïos of the earth, deriv. of gaîa, var. of gê the earth]
Examples of 'apogee' in a sentence
apogee
This match was when the best of both worlds came together and reached their apogee.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This picture represents the apogee of human rudeness.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Some people are at their best at the height of their youth and reach that apogee because of the people they are.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A sculptor reaches the apogee of his powers.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
(noun)
Definition
the highest point
The campaign reached its apogee in the 1970s.
Synonyms
highest point
top
I came down alone from the top of the mountain.
tip
After dusk, the tip of the cone will light up.
crown
We stood on the crown of the hill.
summit
the first man to reach the summit of Mount Everest
height
From a height, it looks like a desert.
peak
Her career was at its peak when she died.
climax
Reaching the Olympics was the climax of her career.
crest
He reached the crest of the hill.
pinnacle
He had reached the pinnacle of his career.
culmination
zenith
His career is now at its zenith.
apex
At the apex of the party was the central committee.
acme
the acme of cinematic art
vertex
the vertex of the triangle
Additional synonyms
in the sense of acme
Definition
the highest point of achievement or excellence
the acme of cinematic art
Synonyms
height,
top,
crown,
summit,
peak,
climax,
crest,
optimum,
high point,
pinnacle,
culmination,
zenith,
apex,
apogee,
vertex
in the sense of apex
At the apex of the party was the central committee.
Synonyms
culmination,
top,
crown,
height,
climax,
highest point,
zenith,
apogee,
acme
in the sense of climax
Definition
the most intense or highest point of an experience or of a series of events
Reaching the Olympics was the climax of her career.