culminate

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
2. (intransitive) To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc.
3. (figuratively, intransitive) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.
4. (US) To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
5. (transitive) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Relating to the culmen.
2. (not-comparable) Growing upward, as opposed to lateral growth.

Synonyms

climax

peak

terminate

top

🔝

conclude

end

🔚

crown

👑

finish

top off

wind up

top out

stop

🛑

be at the zenith

cap

cease

come to an end

come together

crest

Translations

culminar

culminare

culminar

culminer

μεσουρανώ

gipfeln

kulminieren

culmineren

culminar

eindigen

🔚

αποκορυφώμαι

afsluiten

يتكبد

besluiten

beëindigen

🔚

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkʌl.mɪnˌeɪt/

Etymology

First attested in 1647; borrowed from Medieval Latin culminātus, perfect passive participle of culminō (“to crown”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin culmen (“peak, the highest point”), older form columen (“top, summit”), from Proto-Italic *kolamen, from a Proto-Indo-European base *kol-, *kelH- (“to project, rise; peak, summit, top”), whence also English hill and holm.