What does crowning mean?
Definitions for crowning
crown·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
crowning(a)adjective
representing a level of the highest possible achievement or attainment
"the crowning accomplishment of his career"
crowningadjective
forming or providing a crown or summit
"the crowning star on a Christmas tree"; "her hair was her crowning glory"
Wiktionary
crowningnoun
A coronation.
crowningadjective
Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.
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crowning
Crowning refers to the act of crowning or installing someone into a position of power, authority, or high honor, typically in a formal ceremony. It can also refer to reaching the point of highest achievement or accomplishment, representing the most outstanding or successful moment or aspect of something. Additionally, it's a term used in childbirth to describe the stage when the baby's head is visible at the vaginal opening.
Webster Dictionary
Crowning
of Crown
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
crowning
The finishing part of some knots on the end of a rope, to prevent the ends of the strands becoming loose. They are more particularly useful in all kinds of stoppers. (See WALL-KNOT and CROWN.)
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
crowning
A term in fortifications generally applied to the operation, by the besieged, of establishing works on the crest of the glacis or summit of the breach. It is sometimes used when describing the movements of troops, to signify that they have reached the top of a hill or parapet, which they are said to have crowned.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of crowning in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of crowning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of crowning in a Sentence
David Rogers, Weather Prediction Using a Genetic Memory:
The most extensive computation known has been conducted over the last billion years on a planet-wide scale: it is the evolution of life. The power of this computation is illustrated by the complexity and beauty of its crowning achievement, the human brain.
She said she needed her pants off, so I took those off for her and I noticed the baby was crowning. So I asked her to lift her hips so I could put the towels underneath her hips, and as soon as she lifted her hips, the baby came right out.
I do think this book is the crowning achievement of her career so far and that is saying something when you've got Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies behind you, it's a book about the re-jigging of this country 500 years ago which has connotations with what's going now.
I felt a ton of pressure. I just realized, ‘Oh my god, I’m having this baby right now,' i told my husband. He didn’t realize the baby was crowning.
The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood.
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