Antonyms for culminate

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kuhl-muh-neyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkʌl məˌneɪt

Definition of culminate

Origin : 1640s, from Late Latin culminatus past participle of culminare "to top, to crown," from Latin culmen (genitive culminis) "top, peak, summit, roof, gable," also used figuratively, contraction of columen (see column). Related: Culminated; culminating.

verb come to a climax

Example sentences :

And all science must culminate at last in the science of healing—not the weak, but the strong.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

All that terrible day seemed to culminate in this overwhelming misfortune.
Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

What was more natural than that their friendship should culminate in a deeper feeling!
Extract from : « Patchwork » by Anna Balmer Myers

It was Bassano who started that great Spanish school which was to culminate in Velasquez.
Extract from : « Venice » by Dorothy Menpes

In them the antichristian might of the beast will culminate.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Revelation » by William Milligan

This is my punishment: the passion in all of us that must culminate in her final cry.
Extract from : « Three Plays » by Luigi Pirandello

Moreover, the interest does not accumulate and culminate at the end.
Extract from : « A History of American Literature Since 1870 » by Fred Lewis Pattee

There is a series of three hills which culminate in Arthur's Seat, 800 feet high.
Extract from : « Fresh Fields » by John Burroughs

They did culminate, at twenty minutes after ten, when he at length departed.
Extract from : « A Book of Bryn Mawr Stories » by Marian T. MacIntosh

The institution of slavery was about to culminate and decline.
Extract from : « The Blue-Grass Region of Kentucky » by James Lane Allen

Synonyms for culminate

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