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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.culminating (ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ) adjfinal; decisiveThesaurusculminatingadjectiveOf or constituting a climax:climactic, crowning, peak.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeeculminateculminating
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