English to English
culminate
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adjective (a)
- Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.(adjective)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage(verb.change)Example:
The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace.
source: wordnet30 - bring to a head or to the highest point(verb.change)Example:
Seurat culminated pointillism.
source: wordnet30 - reach the highest or most decisive point(verb.social)source: wordnet30
- reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body(verb.motion)source: wordnet30
- rise to, or form, a summit(verb.change)Example:
The helmet culminated in a crest.
source: wordnet30 - To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.(verb)source: webster1913
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