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1. (n.) climax
the highest or most intense point in the development or resolution of something; culmination.
2. climax
(in a dramatic or literary work) a decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot.
3. climax
a rhetorical figure consisting of a series of related ideas so arranged that each surpasses the preceding in force or intensity.
4. climax
the last term or member of this figure.
5. climax
an orgasm.
6. climax
the stable and self-perpetuating end stage in the ecological succession of a plant and animal community.
7. (v.i.) climax
to bring to or reach a climax.
Etymology: (1580–90; < LL < Gk klîmax ladder, akin to kl&imacracute;nein to lean)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) climax, flood tide
the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
"the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
2. (noun) climax, culmination
the decisive moment in a novel or play
"the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
3. (noun) orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
4. (noun) climax
the most severe stage of a disease
5. (verb) climax
arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
6. (verb) culminate, climax
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
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1. (noun) climax
the most important or exciting part
The competition reached its climax today.; sexual climax
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) climax
upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent
2. (verb) climax
a figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness
3. (verb) climax
the highest point; the greatest degree
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Sense: the highest point; the most dramatic moment
the climax of the novel.
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 Afrikaans: toppunt, hoogtepunt |
 Arabic: ذُروه، نُقْطَةُ التَّحَوّ |
 Bulgarian: кулминация |
 Brazilian: clímax |
 Czech: vyvrcholení |
 German: der Höhepunkt |
 Danish: højdepunkt; klimaks |
 Greek: αποκορύφωμα |
 Spanish: clímax |
 Estonian: haripunkt |
 Farsi: نقطۀ عطف؛ اوج |
 Finnish: kliimaksi |
 French: point culminant |
 Hebrew: שִׂיא |
 Hindi: चरम |
 Croatian: vrhunac |
 Hungarian: tetőpont |
 Indonesian: puncak |
 Icelandic: hástig, hápunktur; fullnæ |
 Italian: climax, punto culminante |
 Japanese: 絶頂 |
 Korean: 절정 |
 Lithuanian: kulminacija |
 Latvian: kulminācija |
 Malay: kemuncak |
 Dutch: hoogtepunt |
 Norwegian: klimaks, høydepunkt |
 Polish: punkt kulminacyjny |
 Persian: نقطۀ عطف؛ اوج |
 Pashto: لوړه درجه: منتها: هسك: اّ |
 Portuguese: clímax |
 Romanian: punct culminant |
 Russian: кульминация |
 Slovak: vyvrcholenie |
 Slovenian: vrhunec |
 Serbian: vrhunac |
 Swedish: klimax, höjdpunkt, kulmen |
 Thai: จุดสำคัญสูงสุดของเหตุการณ |
 Turkish: doruk noktası |
 Taiwanese: 頂點 |
 Ukrainian: кульмінація |
 Urdu: نکتۂ عروج |
 Vietnamese: đỉnh điểm |
 Chinese: 顶点 |
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