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Synonyms
cul·mi·nate (kŭĺmə-nāt́)

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

intransitive verb: -nat·ed, -nat·ing, -nates. 

    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.

transitive verb 

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

derivatives

cuĺmi·nátion
noun