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  1. v. third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate.

Etymologies

  1. Late Latin culmināre, culmināt-, from Latin culmen, culmin-, summit; see kel-2 in Indo-European roots.

Examples

  • “The win culminates a recent span where Eaks, who couldn't walk up stairs in December, gained hope and his attitude changed for the better.”

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  • “The piece is built around Benigni's passion for Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, and-though performed mostly in English-culminates in a reading of a canto in Italian. ...”

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  • “The designation culminates more than a decade of effort by historians and history buffs who recognize the importance of the French decision to help the Continental Army win American independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War (1775-1783).”

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  • “Other changes have their origin in the fact that sometimes a great climax is rendered impossible of realization because the musical phrase culminates on a vowel-sound difficult of emission on that note, and devoid of sonority; another word has sometimes to be substituted.”

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  • “McChrystal's recall culminates months of friction with White House”

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  • “McChrystal's recall culminates months of friction with White”

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  • “McChrystal recall culminates months of tensions with White”

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  • “McChrystal recall culminates months of tensions with White House”

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  • “And -- but anyway, I'm just thinking about this kind of culminates us, from the outhouse to the penthouse to the White House.”

    Remarks Of The President To 1999 Football Champions

  • “Well," said Archie, "I'm bound to say that any scheme which what you might call culminates in your father regarding me as a pet lambkin ought to receive one's best attention.”

    Indiscretions of Archie

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