Definition of
Culminate
- (verb, change) rise to, or form, a summit
- (verb, change) bring to a head or to the highest point
- (verb, change) end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
- (verb, motion) reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
- (verb, social) reach the highest or most decisive point
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Synonyms of Culminate
Alternate forms of Culminate
Derivations: culmination
Hypernyms: accomplish, achieve, arrive at, attain, cease, end, finish, form, gain, hit, make, reach, stop, terminate
Origin of the word Culminate
- 1640s, from L.L. culminatus, pp. of culminare "to crown," from L. culmen (gen. culminis) "peak, summit," contraction of columen (see column).
via Online Etymology Dictionary, ©2001 Douglas Harper
People who say Culminate
Ananzze Is the CSK's campaign going the Chelsea way & will it culminate in the same fashion as Chelsea's ? @_fakeiplplayer
LittlePunkyPie Fitting SD's pool party to culminate Brownies this year, falls during BMs 1st week, so SD'll miss it. Like everything else. #stepfamilies
WifePleasurer @ENGLISHROSEERIN hehe I suspect you are very good at a few other things that culminate in you being very bad ;)
hamdo0n131 action should culminate wisdom
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Words that sound like Culminate
calamint, calamintha, calamity, calando, calanthe, callionymidae, calumet, calumniate, ceylonite, chelonethida, chelonidae, cheloniidae, chile nut, chilean nut, chlamydia, claimant, clamant, clammyweed, clean out, clean-handed, clement, clement iii, client, climate, clinid, clinidae, clomid, coagulant, cola nut, collimate, colonnade, colonnaded, columned, coolant, coquilla nut
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