capstone
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- noun
- /ˈkæpstoʊn/
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culminación
- Business Policy or Strategic Management is typically the capstone class in a business management degree program.
- a capstone course
- a capstone experience
- a capstone project
That really puts the capstone on this discussion that says it all.
- That really puts the capstone on this discussion that says it all.
- It generally came up because in engineering, at the end of the four years, students have to do a capstone project.
Examples
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The ceremony is the capstone experience for an immigrant to celebrate a new identity.
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The task force proposed that the strategic management course become a true capstone experience.
Academic text (2016) -
I think this is the perfect capstone to the first round of the conversation.
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And so students work with each of us on sort of independent capstone projects.
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While the field experience was the capstone to the degree, it was not student teaching.
Academic text (2005) -
Many music education programs offer a capstone philosophy course.
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The action research is a capstone performance for degree candidates in professional certification programs.
Academic text (2012) -
It generally came up because in engineering, at the end of the four years, students have to do a capstone project.
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A class-selected social or political action project is a capstone activity.
Academic text (2003) -
Completing her thesis was the capstone of her academic journey.
Synonyms
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3.6
The last, most exciting part of a show or event
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3.7
The most intense point in a process, event, or story
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6.3
The highest point in a process or event
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5.8
The highest point of success or achievement
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3.4
A last small detail that makes something look or feel complete
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The highest point of success or power
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8.9
The highest point in the development of something
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7.6
A last thing that finishes a series of events
The final part that completes an achievement or project
A final project that shows what a student learned in a course or program
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Etymology
Capstone uses the same idea: cap 'top' and stone 'stone', so the word became a name for the final, most important part of something. That's why a capstone is a crowning achievement or the last piece that makes a project complete.