[1252] culminate

[보카길라잡이]

v. intr. cul·mi·nat·ed, cul·mi·nat·ing, cul·mi·nates

1. 1. To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
   2. 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.

culminate

v 1: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: climax]

2: bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"

3: reach the highest or most decisive point

4: of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian

5: rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"

 - culmination

n 1: a final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" [syn: apogee]

2: (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

3: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" [syn: climax]

4: a concluding action [syn: completion, closing, windup, mop up]

Synonyms: summit, peak, ¹pinnacle, acme, apex, zenith, climax
These nouns all mean the highest point.

Summit denotes the highest level attainable: “This [appointment] had been the summit of Mr. Bertram's ambition” (Sir Walter Scott).

Peak usually refers to the uppermost point: “It was the peak of summer in the Berkshires” (Saul Bellow).

Pinnacle denotes a towering height, as of achievement: The articulation of the theory of relativity catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of his profession.

Acme refers to an ultimate point, as of perfection: The artist's talents were at their acme when this work was created.

Apex is the culminating point: The military regime represented the apex of oppression and intimidation.

Zenith is the point of highest achievement, most complete development, or greatest power: “Chivalry was then in its zenith” (Henry Hallam).

Climax refers to the point of greatest strength, effect, or intensity that marks the endpoint of an ascending process: The government's collapse was the climax of a series of constitutional crises.

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[꽁당보리밥]

summit, peak, 1pinnacle, acme, apex, zenith, climax

[마스터현태]

culminate apex climax acme peak summit zenith crest top

[정사랑]

절정에 이르다, 극에 이르다

[시가스팔공]

절정에 이르다 =climax = culminate