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culmination

(kʌlmɪneɪʃən)
singular noun
Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained. [+ of]
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culmination in British English

(ˌkʌlmɪˈneɪʃən)
noun
1. 
the final, highest, or decisive point
2. 
the act of culminating
3.  astronomy
the highest or lowest altitude attained by a heavenly body as it crosses the meridian

culmination in American English

(ˌkʌlməˈneɪʃən)
noun
1. 
a culminating; reaching of the highest or lowest altitude or point
2. 
the highest point; zenith; climax

Examples of 'culmination' in a sentence
culmination

The singing and the dancing represent the culmination of a successful day of campaigning.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It has been the culmination of months of carefully thought out planning.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The arrests are the culmination of weeks of doomsday preparations.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
This was the culmination of five years in which we had been emailing each other.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Regardless seems like the culmination of both processes.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It was the culmination of ten years of campaigning.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Her success is the culmination of years of hard graft.
The Sun (2014)
For me it was the culmination of years of admiration.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It looked like the culmination of a month of office parties, which it probably was.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
For some, this competition is the culmination of months of training.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Before they knew it, the culmination of months of thoughtful planning came to fruition.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
It was the culmination of 12 years of training and tens of thousands of miles run.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is the culmination of many years of work on my part, which began nine years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Actually placing the trade should be the final stage of the investment process, the culmination of a period of careful research.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
What we've seen over the past month was the culmination of what the expanded format set in motion when qualifying began two years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It signals the culmination of years of hard work, rejection and drama lessons to get a foot in the door of the acting world.
The Sun (2012)
Next week will see the culmination, the final, deciding round.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
It is the culmination of months of practice for the teams of 11 and 12-year-olds.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He admitted: 'This is the culmination of five years.
The Sun (2006)
It seems simple enough - they were letting their hair down after the successful culmination of four years' hard work.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

In other languages
culmination

British English: culmination NOUN
Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
Their arrest was the culmination of an operation in which 120 other people were detained.
  • American English: culmination
  • Brazilian Portuguese: conclusão
  • Chinese: 结局
  • European Spanish: culminación
  • French: aboutissement
  • German: Höhepunkt
  • Italian: culmine
  • Japanese: 結末
  • Korean: 정점
  • European Portuguese: conclusão
  • Latin American Spanish: culminación

1 (noun) 
This week's events are the culmination of a long-running row between the two countries.
Synonyms
climax
Reaching the Olympics was the climax of her career.
conclusion
Executives said it was the logical conclusion of the process.
completion
The project is near completion.
finale
the finale of Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony
consummation
We look forward to the consummation of this transaction.
2 (noun) 
Synonyms
peak
Her career was at its peak when she died.
top
I came down alone from the top of the mountain.
crown
We stood on the crown of the hill.
summit
This is just a molehill on the way to the summit of her ambitions.
height
From a height, it looks like a desert.
perfection
pinnacle
He had reached the pinnacle of his career.
zenith
His career is now at its zenith.
apex
At the apex of the party was the central committee.
apogee
The campaign reached its apogee in the 1970s.
acme
the acme of cinematic art
punch line
ne plus ultra (Latin)
The new building is the ne plus ultra of theatrical design.
crowning touch
Seetop

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