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US
/ˌkəɫməˈneɪʃən/
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[ UK /kˌʌlmɪnˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /kˌʌlmɪnˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
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the decisive moment in a novel or play
the deathbed scene is the climax of the play - a concluding action
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a final climactic stage
their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development
How To Use culmination In A Sentence
- It was the culmination of years of boycotts and demonstrations, of freedom rides and sit-ins, of protest and struggle, of sacrifice and suffering.
- In a show of how much IBM has bought into the cloud, the company has announced something that it calls the culmination of more than 10 years of software management best practices. The Register
- This was the culmination of a process of left-wing entryism which has seen unions representing communication workers, railwaymen, the fire brigades and the civil service fall like dominoes.
- The culmination of the exchange was a visit to Foxford by the German students and teachers recently.
- The 50th day, the day after counting the Omer is completed, is the holiday of Shavuot; it is in a very real sense the culmination of Passover.
- A culmination of Stephen Chow's previous movies, Kung Fu Hustle raises the chopsocky comedy bar to another level.
- This was the culmination of a pretty dismal winter's cricket. Times, Sunday Times
- The two volumes under review are the culmination of this decade of scholarly and scientific research. The Times Literary Supplement
- L'idea dell'inseguimento aereo nata un giorno che Fabio Testi, provetto pilota, mi ha invitato in volo sui cieli di Roma: ho subito espresso la voglia di inventare un inseguimento diverso per il culmination del film. Archive 2009-11-01
- It does Mr. Chernow no disservice to regard his biography as a culmination of a long biographical tradition that has divested Washington of his marmoreal armor. The Life of the Lives