CULMINATE
\kˈʌlmɪnˌe͡ɪt], \kˈʌlmɪnˌeɪt], \k_ˈʌ_l_m_ɪ_n_ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of CULMINATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
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bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
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of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian
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end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
By Princeton University
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rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"
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bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
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of a celestial body: reach its highest altitude or the meridian
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.
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To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.
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Growing upward, as distinguished from a lateral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To come to the top: (astron.) to be vertical or at the highest point of altitude: to reach the highest point.
By Daniel Lyons
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Culmination.
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To reach the highest point.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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