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- Dictionaryculminate/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/
verb
- 1. reach a climax or point of highest development: "weeks of violence culminated in the brutal murder of a magistrate"
- 2. (of a celestial body) reach or be at the meridian: archaic "the star culminates at midnight on about the 30th April"
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CULMINATE definition: 1. If an event or series of events culminates in something, it ends with it, having developed until…. Learn more.
: to reach the highest or a climactic or decisive point. Her long acting career culminated when she won the Oscar. transitive verb. : to bring to a head or to the highest point. The contract culminated weeks of negotiations.
verb. If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it. They had an argument, which culminated in Tom getting drunk. [V + in/with] The celebration of the centenary will culminate with a dinner on November 20. [V in/with n]
Use culminate when you are referring to a crowning moment or a final conclusion: “I want my experiments combining strawberry jam with burnt toast to culminate in a Nobel Prize in Chemistry — or at least a lucrative contract with a major food supplier.”
Culminate definition: to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually followed by in).. See examples of CULMINATE used in a sentence.
Definition of culminate verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the verb culminate mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb culminate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
to end with a particular result, or at a particular point a gun battle which culminated in the death of two police officers Months of hard work culminated in success. Their summer tour will culminate at a spectacular concert in New York.
to finish with a particular event, or reach a final result after gradual development and often a lot of effort: The course culminates in a series of written exams. His career culminated with the post of ambassador to NATO. [ T ] US. to be the final thing in a series of events: The discovery of a body culminated two days of desperate searching.
