culminate

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verb

1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage (Freq. 8)
- The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace
• Syn:
climax
• Derivationally related forms:
climax (for: climax), culmination
• Hypernyms:
end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
• Hyponyms:
crown, top
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
2. bring to a head or to the highest point (Freq. 1)
- Seurat culminated pointillism
• Derivationally related forms:
culmination
• Hypernyms:
end, terminate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s somebody
3. reach the highest or most decisive point
• Derivationally related forms:
culmination
• Hypernyms:
achieve, accomplish, attain, reach
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
4. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
• Derivationally related forms:
culmination
• Hypernyms:
reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. rise to, or form, a summit
- The helmet culminated in a crest
• Hypernyms:
form
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP