culmination
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6.3
- noun
- /ˌkʌl.məˈneɪ.ʃən/
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culminación
- The charity gala was the culmination of years of fundraising efforts.
- culmination of efforts
- culmination of a career
- culmination of a process
You'll remember that was the culmination of that section.
- You'll remember that was the culmination of that section.
- It was sort of a culmination of events and experiences.
- It is a culmination of how you do your life.
- And how do things end at the very culmination of the House of Chains?
- This is, like, the most important part, the culmination of all of our hard work.
- At the same time, I believe it to be the proper culmination of a life well lived.
- We were present through the culmination of the defense presenting their case in the Chauvin trial.
- All of your life is a culmination of small micro choices and decisions that you made.
- Trump, you know, is a creature of the moment, but that moment is the historical culmination.
- The wedding was just the culmination of what had been a really bad relationship right from the start.
- It was the culmination of his experimentation with monothematic contrapuntal writing.
- We need to know, is the banking crisis we're facing the culmination of a policy lag, and how bad is that actually going to get?
- Folks, our body is the culmination of our history.
- Thank you for being here in the culmination of this work.
- This is towards the end where where we're seeing this, this culmination of this Great War council.
- And what I've come to realize is we may now be experiencing a culmination of the dominoes.
Examples
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For instance, the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed on July 26, 1990, was the culmination of decades of work.
Academic text (2015) -
Tonight will be the culmination of all you've worked for.
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Thank you for being here in the culmination of this work.
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This is, like, the most important part, the culmination of all of our hard work.
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But the third night is the culmination of a whole year's work.
Academic text (1991) -
You know this is the culmination of the trajectory you chose for yourself.
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For you seniors, this marks the culmination of your past four years.
Fiction book (1999) -
His arrival at the center of the Roman world was the culmination of all his years of passionate study.
Academic text (1994) -
This is the culmination of my life's work.
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Dear reader, what you now hold in your hands is the culmination of a life's work.
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
7
6.2
The highest point of success or power
3
6.7
The final important part of a project or career that shows success
2
8.9
The highest point in the development of something
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3.8
The most exciting point in a story or event that leaves you breathless
Antonyms
How Climactic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Culmination comes from the Latin root culmen, which means 'top' or 'summit', so a culmination is the high or final point of something when all the effort reaches its peak.