to culminate

Examples

• All

• Orbital elevators rose like vast spokes from the equatorial regions, culminating in the framework of an immense, unfinished ring around the planet.

  Fiction book (1999)

• The festival culminated in a spectacular fireworks display that lit up the night sky.

• - But enough so you might write a story about what we're doing in Afghanistan now - not six years ago, but now - and how those efforts can culminate into actual victory.

  Lions for Lambs (2007)

• Modern science and technology developed, and a more conscious economic system came into being, culminating in the world economy of the present.

  Academic text (1992)

• And this fort has other secrets, including a tunnel system which culminates in a secret exit.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

• The path culminates at the stunning viewpoint overlooking the valley.

• After hours of hiking, we finally reached the peak, where the trail culminates.

Synonyms

C

to culminate in

vsto culminate

31 6.1

Reach a final high point that ends with a specific result

is about objects rising to form a highest physical point rather than ending events

C

to crest

vsto culminate

• Informal

22 5.5

To reach the highest point, as a wave or feeling

is about objects or structures rising to a highest point

R

to reach the summit

vsto culminate

6 3.1

Get to the top of a mountain or the highest point in your career

describes structures rising to form a highest point rather than arriving at a result

S

to summit

vsto culminate

5 6.2

To reach the top of a mountain

applies to objects or structures forming their highest point generally

Antonyms

S

to sink

258 1.0

To go down below the surface of water and become underwater

D

to descend

150 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

Phrasal Verbs

C

to culminate in

31 6.1

Reach a final high point that ends with a specific result

How High

to culminate

• Formal

1 6.7

to tower

72 4.6

to ascend

39 4.4

to rise

718 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology