'Culminate' definitions:

Definition of 'culminate'

(from WordNet)
verb
End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: culminate, climax]
verb
Bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
verb
Reach the highest or most decisive point
verb
Reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
verb
Rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"

Definition of 'Culminate'

From: GCIDE
  • Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[=a]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Culminated (-n[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-n[=a]`t[i^]ng.] [L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column.]
  • 1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead. [1913 Webster]
  • As when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. --Dana. [1913 Webster]
  • The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. --Motley. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Culminate'

From: GCIDE
  • Culminate \Cul"mi*nate\ (k[u^]l"m[i^]*n[asl]t), a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. --Dana. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'culminate'

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