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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]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Culminate
Literary usage of Culminate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"The two main hill systems of the Presidency have been described in the Eastern
and Western Ghats. The NILGIRIS, which join these two ranges, culminate in ..."
2. A Journal of the Great War by Dawes, Charles Gates, 1865- (1921)
"In my own mind his action marks the beginning of the upward curve of inter-Allied
effort which will culminate in a final and complete success of the common ..."
3. The Expositor edited by William Robertson Nicoll, Samuel Cox, James Moffatt (1875)
"It is not difficult to trace, through the Epistles of Paul and Peter, the progress
of these evils, until they culminate in the monstrous forms of the ..."
4. Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the Seizure of by William M. Leftwich (1870)
"... Ages—Missouri Not Behind —Different Oaths in Missouri—Their Civil, Legal and
Moral Effect—culminate in the New Constitution—Incidents—Profane Sacrilege. ..."
5. On the South African Frontier: The Adventures and Observations of an by William Harvey Brown (1899)
"... People is Criticised in England—Lenient Modes of Treatment culminate in
Massacre—Captain ... culminate ..."
6. A Popular Commentary on the New Testament by Philip Schaff (1878)
"6), which is to culminate in the marriage supper of the Lamb. The immediate
reference is to gospel privileges. While Vers. 16-24. ..."
7. Idealism and Theology: A Study of Presuppositions by Charles Frederick D'Arcy (1899)
"If it were not for the problems which culminate in this enigma of evil, this
question would have little meaning for us. Indeed, it may be doubted if it ..."
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