About The Word Culminate
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Culminate
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What's The Definition Of Culminate?
[v] end, esp. to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
[v] rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest" [v] bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism" [v] of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian [v] reach the highest or most decisive point Synonyms | Synonyms for Culminate: climax Related Terms | Find terms related to Culminate: button up | cap | carry to completion | clean up | climax | close out | close up | complete | conclude | consummate | crest | crown | develop | do to perfection | end | finalize | finish | finish off | finish up | frost | get done | get it over | get through | get through with | head | ice | improve | mature | mop up | outtop | overarch | overtop | peak | perfect | ripen | round out | surmount | terminate | tip | top | top off | top out | wind up | wrap up See Also | accomplish | achieve | arrive at | attain | attain | cease | crown | end | finish | form | gain | hit | make | reach | reach | shape | stop | terminate | top Culminate In Webster's Dictionary \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p.
p. {Culminated} (-n[=a]`t[eucr]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
{Culminating} (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See
{Column}.]
1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the
meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
As when his beams at noon Culminate from the
equator. --Milton.
2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power,
numbers, etc.
The reptile race culminated in the secondary era.
--Dana.
The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating.
--Motley.
\Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[asl]t), a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. --Dana. |
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