Definition of 'culminate'

Verb

1. end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
      Synonyms: climax
2. bring to a head or to the highest point; "Seurat culminated pointillism"
3. reach the highest or most decisive point
4. reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body
5. rise to, or form, a summit; "The helmet culminated in a crest"

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