ALL meanings of culminate
cul·mi·nate
C c - verb culminate If you say that an activity, process, or series of events culminates in or with a particular event, you mean that event happens at the end of it. 3
- verb culminate to end or cause to end, esp to reach or bring to a final or climactic stage 3
- verb culminate (of a celestial body) to cross the meridian of the observer 3
- intransitive verb culminate to reach its highest or lowest altitude 3
- intransitive verb culminate to reach its highest point or climax; result (in) 3
- verb transitive culminate to bring to its climax; cap 3
- verb without object culminate to reach the highest point, summit, or highest development (usually followed by in). 1
- verb without object culminate to end or arrive at a final stage (usually followed by in): The argument culminated in a fistfight. 1
- verb without object culminate to rise to or form an apex; terminate (usually followed by in): The tower culminates in a tall spire. 1
- verb without object culminate Astronomy. (of a celestial body) to be on the meridian, or reach the highest or the lowest altitude. 1
- verb with object culminate to bring to a close; complete; climax: A rock song culminates the performance. 1
- noun culminate Reach a climax or point of highest development. 1
- intransitive verb culminate end 1
- transitive verb culminate mark the end 1
- intransitive verb culminate star: reach highest point 1
- verb culminate (Intransitive Verb) (astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude. 0
- verb culminate (Intransitive Verb) To reach the (physical) summit, highest point, peak etc. 0
- verb culminate (Intransitive Verb) To reach a climax; to come to the decisive point (especially as an end or conclusion). 0
- verb culminate (Transitive Verb) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of. 0