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culminating

/ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/

culminatingadjective

/ˈkʌlmɪneɪtɪŋ/

Translations

culminant

The culminating event of the festival was the fireworks display.

L’événement culminant du festival était le feu d’artifice.

Additional translations

couronnantPlus littéraire ; exprime l’idée d’un aboutissement ou d’un point culminant final.

Definitions

Reaching the highest or most decisive point.

The culminating event of the festival was the fireworks display.

Being the final or climactic stage in a process.

The culminating chapter of the book tied all the plot threads together.

Synonyms

culminateverb

culminating

ing-form

culminated

Past Simple

culminated

Past Participle

culminating

ing-form

/ˈkʌlmɪneɪt/

Translations

culminer

The negotiations culminated in a successful agreement.

Les négociations ont culminé dans un accord réussi.

Additional translations

culminerSens astronomique.

Definitions

To reach a climax or point of highest development.

The negotiations culminated in a successful agreement.

To bring something to a final or climactic stage.

The festival will culminate with a grand fireworks display.

To reach the highest point above the horizon in its apparent daily motion (of a celestial body).

Sirius culminates near midnight during the winter months.

Synonyms

finish

climax

end

result in

culminate in

reach a peak

terminate

conclude