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cul·mi·nate

(kŭl′mə-nāt′)
v. cul·mi·nat·ed, cul·mi·nat·ing, cul·mi·nates
v.intr.
1.
a. To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
b. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
2. Astronomy To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.
v.tr.
To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax: The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.
[Late Latin culmināre, culmināt-, from Latin culmen, culmin-, summit; see kel- in Indo-European roots.]
cul′mi·na′tion n.
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culminate

(ˈkʌlmɪˌneɪt)
vb
1. (when: intr, usually foll by in) to end or cause to end, esp to reach or bring to a final or climactic stage
2. (Astronomy) (intr) (of a celestial body) to cross the meridian of the observer
[C17: from Late Latin culmināre to reach the highest point, from Latin culmen top]
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cul•mi•nate

(ˈkʌl məˌneɪt)

v. -nat•ed, -nat•ing. v.i.
1. to reach the highest point or highest development (usu. fol. by in).
2. to arrive at a final or climactic stage (usu. fol. by in).
3. to rise to an apex (usu. fol. by in): a tower culminating in a tall spire.
4. (of a celestial body) to be on the meridian, or reach the highest or the lowest altitude.
v.t.
5. to bring to a close.
[1640–50; < Late Latin culminātus, past participle of culmināre to come to a peak, derivative of Latin culmen, s. culmin- peak]
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culminate


Past participle: culminated
Gerund: culminating

Imperative
culminate
culminate
Present
I culminate
you culminate
he/she/it culminates
we culminate
you culminate
they culminate
Preterite
I culminated
you culminated
he/she/it culminated
we culminated
you culminated
they culminated
Present Continuous
I am culminating
you are culminating
he/she/it is culminating
we are culminating
you are culminating
they are culminating
Present Perfect
I have culminated
you have culminated
he/she/it has culminated
we have culminated
you have culminated
they have culminated
Past Continuous
I was culminating
you were culminating
he/she/it was culminating
we were culminating
you were culminating
they were culminating
Past Perfect
I had culminated
you had culminated
he/she/it had culminated
we had culminated
you had culminated
they had culminated
Future
I will culminate
you will culminate
he/she/it will culminate
we will culminate
you will culminate
they will culminate
Future Perfect
I will have culminated
you will have culminated
he/she/it will have culminated
we will have culminated
you will have culminated
they will have culminated
Future Continuous
I will be culminating
you will be culminating
he/she/it will be culminating
we will be culminating
you will be culminating
they will be culminating
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been culminating
you have been culminating
he/she/it has been culminating
we have been culminating
you have been culminating
they have been culminating
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been culminating
you will have been culminating
he/she/it will have been culminating
we will have been culminating
you will have been culminating
they will have been culminating
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been culminating
you had been culminating
he/she/it had been culminating
we had been culminating
you had been culminating
they had been culminating
Conditional
I would culminate
you would culminate
he/she/it would culminate
we would culminate
you would culminate
they would culminate
Past Conditional
I would have culminated
you would have culminated
he/she/it would have culminated
we would have culminated
you would have culminated
they would have culminated
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb 1. culminate - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
crown, top - be the culminating event; "The speech crowned the meeting"
end, cease, terminate, finish, stop - have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo"
2. culminate - bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
terminate, end - bring to an end or halt; "She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime"; "The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I"
3. culminate - reach the highest or most decisive point
achieve, attain, accomplish, reach - to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
4. culminate - reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
arrive at, reach, attain, gain, hit, make - reach a destination, either real or abstract; "We hit Detroit by noon"; "The water reached the doorstep"; "We barely made it to the finish line"; "I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts"
5. culminate - rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
form - assume a form or shape; "the water formed little beads"
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culminate

verb end up, end, close, finish, conclude, wind up, climax, terminate, come to a head, come to a climax, rise to a crescendo The parade will culminate in a firework display.
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culminate

verb
To reach or bring to a climax:
cap, climax, crest, crown, peak, top (off or out).
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Translations
يَبلُغ الأوْج
vyvrcholit
kulminere
huipentua
tetõfokára hág
ná hámarki
galiausiai baigtispasiekti aukščiausią tašką
sasniegt kulmināciju
vyvrcholiť
doruk noktasına varmak

culminate

[ˈkʌlmɪneɪt] VI to culminate in → culminar en
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culminate

[ˈkʌlmɪneɪt] vi
to culminate in (= finish with) → se terminer par (= lead to) → aboutir à
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culminate

vi (Astron) → kulminieren, den or seinen Höchst-/Tiefststand erreichen ; (fig) (= reach a climax: career, music etc) → gipfeln, kulminieren (geh) (→ in in +dat); (= end) → herauslaufen (→ in auf +acc), → enden (in mit)
vt (US) → den Höhepunkt or Gipfel (+gen) → darstellen
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culminate

[ˈkʌlmɪˌneɪt] vi to culminate in → culminare con or in
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culminate

(ˈkalmineit) verb
(with in) to reach the highest or most important point. The celebrations culminated in a firework display in the local park. die hoogtepunt bereik, kulmineer يَبلُغ الأوْج достигам кулминация culminar vyvrcholit gipfeln kulminere; nå sit højdepunkt κορυφώνομαι culminar haripunkti saavutama به بالاترین حد خود رسیدن؛ به اوج رسیدن kulminoitua culminer לְהָגִיע לַשִיא पराकाष्ठा पर पहुंचना kulminirati, doživjeti vrhunac tetőfokára hág mencapai puncak ná hámarki culminare 最高潮に達する 절정에 달하다 galiausiai baigtis (kuo), pasiekti aukščiausią tašką sasniegt kulmināciju memuncak het hoogtepunt bereiken nå høydepunktet, kulminere osiągać punkt kulminacyjny خپل پورتنی حد ته رسیدل culminar a culmina достигать кульминации vyvrcholiť doseči višek kulminirati kulminera ถึงจุดสูงสุด doruk noktasına varmak 到達頂點或高潮 досягати найвищої точки ختم هونا، اختتام پذير هونا lên đến cực điểm 到达顶点
ˌculmiˈnation noun
hoogtepunt, toppunt, kulminasie ذُرْوَه، أوْج апогей culminação vyvrcholení, vrchol der Höhepunkt kulmination; højdepunkt αποκορύφωμα culminación haripunkt اوج kulminaatio point culminant שיא पराकाष्ठा kulminacija, vrhunac kulmináció titik puncak hámark culmine 最高潮 최고점 kulminacija kulminācija kemuncak hoogtepunt høydepunkt, kulminasjon kulminacja اوج culminação punct culminant кульминация vrchol višek kulminacija kulmen จุดที่สูงที่สุด doruk noktasına varma 頂點 кульмінація اختتام پذير tột độ 顶点
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