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Meanings of culminate in English

Portuguese
culminar
Catalan
culminar
Spanish
culminar

End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage.

        culminar
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        Examples for "climax"
        Examples for "climax"
        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
        Usage of culminate in English
        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
        6
        I certainly don't think that this is going to culminate in Number Four.
        Anathem
        7
        The beginnings which he made in the past culminate in the awful present.
        The Essentials of Spirituality
        8
        This week will culminate with September non-farm payrolls data on Friday.
        Reuters
        9
        These refractory cases may culminate in severe complications with sombre endings and malignancy.
        Pubmed
        10
        It will culminate the next morning with the loudest explosion in human history.
        Wired
        11
        This review focuses on developments likely to culminate in advances in patient care.
        Pubmed
        12
        The situation was growing strained, and might well culminate in fisticuffs.
        A Master of Fortune: Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle
        13
        The resultant oxidative stress and apoptosis culminate in profound airspace enlargement.
        Pubmed
        14
        These would eventually culminate in the U.S-Russian International Space Station partnership.
        Wired
        15
        Thus commencing a cycle that can only culminate in further anger and distress.
        In Cold Blood
        16
        Many events culminate in an auction day, should you spot something you like.
        BBC
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        Translations for culminate
        Portuguese
        culminar
        Catalan
        culminar
        Spanish
        culminar
        Culminate through the time
        Culminate across language varieties
        United States of America
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Common