culminate

v.intr., -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates.

1. 1. To reach the highest point or degree; climax: habitual antagonism that culminated in open hostility.
   2. To come to completion; end: Years of waiting culminated in a tearful reunion.
2. Astronomy. To reach the highest point above an observer's horizon. Used of stars and other celestial bodies.

v.tr.
To bring to the point of greatest intensity or to completion; climax: The ceremony culminated a long week of preparation.

[Late Latin culmināre, culmināt-, from Latin culmen, culmin-, summit.]

culmination cul'mi·na'tion n.

verb

To reach or bring to a climax: cap, climax, crest, crown, peak, top (off or out). See excite/bore/interest.

v

Definition: come to a climax
Antonyms: begin, commence, open, start

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - kulminere
v. tr. - bringe til kulmination

Nederlands (Dutch)
culmineren

Français (French)
v. intr. - atteindre son plus haut point, (Astron) culminer
v. tr. - atteindre son plus haut point, (Astron) culminer

Deutsch (German)
v. - kulminieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (αστρον.) μεσουρανώ, (μτφ.) αποκορυφώνομαι

Italiano (Italian)
culminare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - culminar

Русский (Russian)
достигать апогея

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - culminarse
v. tr. - culminar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - kulminera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
到绝顶, 达到高潮, 达于极点, 使到绝顶, 使达到高潮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 到絕頂, 達到高潮, 達於極點
v. tr. - 使到絕頂, 使達到高潮

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 정점에 이르다, 남중하다
v. tr. - 끝나게 하다, 절정에 이르게 하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 最高点に達する, 最高潮に達する, 最高度に達する, 完結させる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) انتهى الى, بلغ أوجه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הגיע לשיא, הסתיים‬
v. tr. - ‮הגיע לשיא, הסתיים‬

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