Definitions of Culminate [ˈkʌl məˌneɪt]

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Definition of 'Culminate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.i.) culminate
to reach the highest point or highest development (usu. fol. by in).

2.  culminate
to arrive at a final or climactic stage (usu. fol. by in).

3.  culminate
to rise to an apex (usu. fol. by in):
a tower culminating in a tall spire.

4.  culminate
(of a celestial body) to be on the meridian, or reach the highest or the lowest altitude.

5. (v.t.) culminate
to bring to a close.

Etymology: (1640–50; < LL culminātus, ptp. of culmināre to come to a peak, der. of L culmen, s. culmin- peak)

Definition of 'Culminate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) culminate, climax
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

2. (verb) culminate
bring to a head or to the highest point
"Seurat culminated pointillism"

3. (verb) culminate
reach the highest or most decisive point

4. (verb) culminate
reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body

5. (verb) culminate
rise to, or form, a summit
"The helmet culminated in a crest"

Definition of 'Culminate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) culminate
to have a particular result or ending
years of swimming that culminated in an Olympic gold medal

Definition of 'Culminate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Culminate
growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals

2. (verb) Culminate
to reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead

3. (verb) Culminate
to reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc

Translation of 'Culminate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (with in ) to reach the highest or most important point The celebrations culminated in a firework display in the local park.
Afrikaans: die hoogtepunt bereik, ku	Arabic: يَبلُغ الأوْج	Bulgarian: достигам кулминация
Brazilian: culminar	Czech: vyvrcholit	German: gipfeln
Danish: kulminere; nå sit højdepu	Greek: κορυφώνομαι	Spanish: culminar
Estonian: haripunkti saavutama	Farsi: به بالاترین حد خود رسیدن؛	Finnish: kulminoitua
French: culminer	Hebrew: לְהָגִיע לַשִיא	Hindi: पराकाष्ठा पर पहुंचना
Croatian: kulminirati, doživjeti vr	Hungarian: tetőfokára hág	Indonesian: mencapai puncak
Icelandic: ná hámarki	Italian: culminare	Japanese: 最高潮に達する
Korean: 절정에 달하다	Lithuanian: galiausiai baigtis (kuo),	Latvian: sasniegt kulmināciju
Malay: memuncak	Dutch: het hoogtepunt bereiken	Norwegian: nå høydepunktet, kulminer
Polish: osiągać punkt kulminacyjn	Persian: به بالاترین حد خود رسیدن؛	Pashto: خپل پورتنی حد ته رسیدل
Portuguese: culminar	Romanian: a culmina	Russian: достигать кульминации
Slovak: vyvrcholiť	Slovenian: doseči višek	Serbian: kulminirati
Swedish: kulminera	Thai: ถึงจุดสูงสุด	Turkish: doruk noktasına varmak
Taiwanese: 到達頂點或高潮	Ukrainian: досягати найвищої точки	Urdu: ختم هونا، اختتام پذير هون
Vietnamese: lên đến cực điểm	Chinese: 到达顶点
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