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Definition of Culminate
1. Verb. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
Specialized synonyms: Crown, Top
Generic synonyms: Cease, End, Finish, Stop, Terminate
Derivative terms: Climax, Climax, Culmination, Culmination, Culmination
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]