1. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
   "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
   - climax 
2. Bring to a head or to the highest point
   "Seurat culminated pointillism" 
3. Reach the highest or most decisive point 
4. Reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body 
5. Rise to, or form, a summit
   "The helmet culminated in a crest"

Derived forms: culminating, culminated, culminates

See also: culmination

Type of: accomplish, achieve, arrive at, attain, cease, end, finish, form, gain, hit, make, reach, stop, terminate

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