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culminate
cul·mi·nate C0799200 (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.culminate (ˈkʌlmɪˌneɪt) vb1. (when: intr, usually foll by in) to end or cause to end, esp to reach or bring to a final or climactic stage2. (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]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] culminate
Past participle: culminated
Gerund: culminating
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| I culminate | | you culminate | | he/she/it culminates | | we culminate | | you culminate | | they culminate |
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| I culminated | | you culminated | | he/she/it culminated | | we culminated | | you culminated | | they culminated |
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| I am culminating | | you are culminating | | he/she/it is culminating | | we are culminating | | you are culminating | | they are culminating |
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| I have culminated | | you have culminated | | he/she/it has culminated | | we have culminated | | you have culminated | | they have culminated |
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| I was culminating | | you were culminating | | he/she/it was culminating | | we were culminating | | you were culminating | | they were culminating |
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| I had culminated | | you had culminated | | he/she/it had culminated | | we had culminated | | you had culminated | | they had culminated |
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| I will culminate | | you will culminate | | he/she/it will culminate | | we will culminate | | you will culminate | | they will culminate |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| I would culminate | | you would culminate | | he/she/it would culminate | | we would culminate | | you would culminate | | they would culminate |
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| 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 |
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | culminate - end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"climaxcrown, 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 pointachieve, 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 bodyarrive 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" |
culminateverb 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.culminateverbTo reach or bring to a climax:cap, climax, crest, crown, peak, top (off or out).Translationsculminate (ˈkalmineit) verb (with in) to reach the highest or most important point. The celebrations culminated in a firework display in the local park. 到達頂點或高潮 到达顶点ˌculmiˈnation noun 頂點 顶点culminate
culminate in (something)To end or result in something. All of my hard work culminated in several awards at the end of the school year.See also: culminateculminate in somethingto climax in something; to end with something. The contest culminated in a victory for the best band. The play-offs culminated in a big win for the Chicago team.See also: culminateculminate
culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridiancelestial meridian,
vertical circle passing through the north celestial pole and an observer's zenith. It is an axis in the altazimuth coordinate system.
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in astronomy, passage of a body across a meridian or passage of a small body across the visible disk of a larger one. (The passage of a large body across a smaller one is called an eclipse or occultation.
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Related to culminate: consistsSynonyms for culminateverb end upSynonyms- end up
- end
- close
- finish
- conclude
- wind up
- climax
- terminate
- come to a head
- come to a climax
- rise to a crescendo
Synonyms for culminateverb to reach or bring to a climaxSynonyms- cap
- climax
- crest
- crown
- peak
- top
Synonyms for culminateverb end, especially to reach a final or climactic stageSynonymsRelated Words- crown
- top
- end
- cease
- terminate
- finish
- stop
verb bring to a head or to the highest pointRelated Wordsverb reach the highest or most decisive pointRelated Words- achieve
- attain
- accomplish
- reach
verb reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial bodyRelated Words- arrive at
- reach
- attain
- gain
- hit
- make
verb rise to, or form, a summitRelated Words |