Lexic.us

Definition of Culminate

1. Verb. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

2. Verb. Bring to a head or to the highest point. "Seurat culminated pointillism"

3. Verb. Reach the highest or most decisive point.

4. Verb. Reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body.

5. Verb. Rise to, or form, a summit. "The helmet culminated in a crest"

Definition of Culminate

1. v. i. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

2. a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.

Definition of Culminate

1. Verb. (intransitive astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To reach the (physical) summit, highest point, peak etc. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion). ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Culminate

1. [v -NATED, -NATING, -NATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Culminate

cullions cullis cullises culls cully cullying cullyism cullyisms culm culmed

culmen culmens culmiferous culminal culminant culminate (current term) culminated culminates culminating culmination

culminations culming culms culotte culottes culpa culpabilities culpability culpable culpable negligence

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