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Meanings of climax in English

Portuguese
orgasmo
Catalan
clímax sexual
Spanish
orgasmo
Wikidata

The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.

        orgasmo
        Portuguese
        climax
        Catalan
        punt culminant

        The decisive moment in a novel or play.

              climax
              Portuguese
              culminar
              Catalan
              culminar
              Spanish
              culminar

              End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.

                    culminar
                    Russian
                    кульминация
                    Portuguese
                    clímax
                    Spanish
                    acmé

                    Point of highest tension in narrative.

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                          кульминация
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                          Examples for "culminate"
                          Examples for "culminate"
                          1
                          Will not the habit of their life culminate in an eternal refusal?
                          Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
                          2
                          A tense trip to Mexico is about to culminate in a hurricane.
                          The Irish Times
                          3
                          Contemplating commence building operations destined culminate erection dome envisaged by Centre Covenant-SHOGHI
                          Dawn of a New Day
                          4
                          They will eventually culminate their celebratory appearances in Cape Town on Monday.
                          The South African
                          5
                          The process would culminate in parliamentary and presidential elections next year.
                          Reuters
                          Usage of climax in English
                          1
                          Find examples of climax; of contrast; of parallel structure; of biblical language.
                          Teachers' Outlines for Studies in English / Based on the Require...
                          2
                          The climax is in the deliberate falsehood contained in the closing words.
                          The Life of Cesare Borgia
                          3
                          The disagreement reached its climax in the very presence of the king.
                          A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 4
                          4
                          In the end the climax of the love-making had been prosaic enough.
                          Vera Nevill / Or, Poor Wisdom's Chance
                          5
                          Famine and misery reached their climax in the country in that year.
                          Five Years of Theosophy
                          6
                          But it is in the third letter that we get the climax.
                          The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
                          7
                          But in a Gothic interior the climax is at the east end.
                          Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of York / A Description ...
                          8
                          But the meeting reached its climax in the Sabbath morning Love Feast.
                          Thirty Years in the Itinerancy
                          9
                          That hour in the Long Gallery last night had been the climax.
                          The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
                          10
                          In one of his supreme stanzas he reserves Trafalgar for the climax:
                          Notable Events of the Nineteenth Century / Great Deeds of Men an...
                          11
                          That was the climax; I could not retract what I had said.
                          Original Short Stories — Volume 03
                          12
                          She brought him to a phenomenal climax, enhanced by its great guilt.
                          For Love Of Evil
                          13
                          A climax is the climbing to the top rung of the ladder.
                          Quiet Talks about Jesus
                          14
                          In the climax, Bahn's trained henchmen simply look on as Roger runs.
                          Reuters
                          15
                          The climax is notably sceptical about the possibility of truth and reconciliation.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          Here, now, came the climax; here the moment upon which everything depended.
                          The House of Mystery: An Episode in the Career of Rosalie Le Gra...
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                          Climax through the time
                          Climax across language varieties
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