to culminate in
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6.1
- phrasal verb
- /ˈkʌlmɪneɪt ɪn/
:
culminar en
- All these years of careful planning have culminated in this one glorious moment.
- culminated in the massacre
- culminated in protests
- negotiations that culminated in
And the, the, the battle culminated in a series of negotiations.
- And the, the, the battle culminated in a series of negotiations.
- He's pushed out the window and has these visions and it's culminated in him doing nothing.
- And a lot of things culminated in that.
- It was a horribly vicious, violent crime that culminated in her death.
- In the most serious cases, exposures to these kinds of things can culminate in self harm or suicidal behaviour.
- So once again, we see that absolute terror is going to culminate in death.
- And both of these systems have a whole nother series of degrees, but both of them culminate in Knight Templar degrees.
- Now we have the books that then set up the movie that then lead into the graphic novel that then culminates in the video game.
- So that culminated in the first book, which was Gold is a Better Way and Other Secrets Wall Street Doesn't Want You to Know.
Examples
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This is where all the work we've done this week culminates in a very simple mechanism that makes our UI reactive.
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Years of dedication and research culminated in a groundbreaking discovery that changed the field.
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Ultimately, it culminated in her incredible career.
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We need to start a movement across this country that culminates in a national plan to attack this.
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I believe this will culminate in a nuclear strike.
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The length of study may vary from 2 to 4 years, typically culminating in the award of a special certificate.
Academic text (2013) -
Years of economic reform brought social stresses that culminated in weeks of huge demonstrations.
Academic text (1990) -
The increased tension between the United States and Mexico culminated in the Mexican-American War in 1846.
Academic text (1990) -
Ecuador's struggle for independence from Spain finally culminated in 1830 with the creation of the new republic.
Academic text (1990) -
But that hope was crushed under the foot of Mao's relentless political campaigns, culminating in the Cultural Revolution.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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3.1
To finish an activity or event
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4.8
To reach the most intense point in a process or event
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4.6
To finish in an exciting and memorable way
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9.1
To happen as a result of something
Antonyms
How Climactic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'culminate' already means to reach a climactic end and the preposition 'in' naturally marks the resulting event or outcome, so the combined meaning 'to end in a specific event/result' is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a regular verb+preposition composition found across languages, so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Culminate in comes from the image of climbing to the top of a hill or mountain. So, when something culminates in an event, it is like reaching the top and 'ending' with that result.