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# apex

«apex» in Mova's school dictionary: **The top or pointed tip of something, like a mountain or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (apex, apexes or apices)

### meaning for a pupil

1) The top or pointed tip of something, like a mountain or a triangle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#m1)

2) The highest point of success. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#m2)

3) (maths) The point of a cone or pyramid opposite the base. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, the apex is the top vertex of a pyramid or cone. In science, an «apex predator» is at the top of a food chain. Phrases: «apex predator», «at the apex of».

### examples

- The climbers reached the apex of the mountain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#x1)
- A square-based pyramid has one apex. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#x2)
- Lions are apex predators. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#x3)
- She was at the apex of her career. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#x4)
- Label the apex of the cone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#x5)
- The roof slopes up to an apex. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/#x6)

### note

Plural: apexes or apices. In maths, apex is a special vertex.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «apex» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/apex/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.