Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Culminate has 7 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
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"
6
Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
Adjective
Example Sentences
"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
verb
"Seurat culminated pointillism"
verb
"The helmet culminated in a crest"
verb
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